GRAM’S METHOD as NOUN

1. Meaning
   • a staining technique used to classify bacteria
   • bacteria are stained with gentian violet and then treated with Gram’’s solution
   • after being decolorized with alcohol and treated with safranine and washed in water, those that retain the gentian violet are
   Synonym(s)
   • Gram’s procedure (what does Gram’s procedure mean?)
   • Gram’s stain (what does Gram’s stain mean?)
   • Gram method (what does Gram method mean?)
   • Gram stain (what does Gram stain mean?)
   Hypernyms(s) Gram’s method is a kind of… Example: animal is a hypernym of mammal, plant is a hypernym of flower
   • staining (what does staining mean?)