STAINING as NOUN

1. Meaning
   • (histology) the use of a dye to color specimens for microscopic study
   Hypernyms(s) staining is a kind of… Example: animal is a hypernym of mammal, plant is a hypernym of flower
   • dyeing (what does dyeing mean?)
   Hyponym(s)
   • Gram’s method (what does Gram’s method mean?)
   • Gram method (what does Gram method mean?)
   • Gram’s procedure (what does Gram’s procedure mean?)
   • Gram’s stain (what does Gram’s stain mean?)
   • Gram stain (what does Gram stain mean?)
   Derived(s)
   • stain (what does stain mean?)
2. Meaning
   • the act of spotting or staining something
   Synonym(s)
   • maculation (what does maculation mean?)
   • spotting (what does spotting mean?)
   Hypernyms(s) staining is a kind of… Example: animal is a hypernym of mammal, plant is a hypernym of flower
   • soiling (what does soiling mean?)
   • soilure (what does soilure mean?)
   • dirtying (what does dirtying mean?)
   Derived(s)
   • tarnish (what does tarnish mean?)
   • stain (what does stain mean?)
   • maculate (what does maculate mean?)
   • sully (what does sully mean?)
   • defile (what does defile mean?)
   • foul (what does foul mean?)
   • befoul (what does befoul mean?)
   • defile (what does defile mean?)
   • maculate (what does maculate mean?)
   • spot (what does spot mean?)
   • fleck (what does fleck mean?)
   • blob (what does blob mean?)
   • blot (what does blot mean?)