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mucicarmine, n. Histol.|mjuːsɪˈkɑːmaɪn| Also -min |-mɪn|. [f. mucin n. + carmine n.] A biological stain specific for mucin and consisting of a mixture of carmine, aluminium chloride, and water.
1896A. B. Lee Microtomist's Vade-Mecum (ed. 4) xxxiv. 463 Mucicarmine stains in sections or thin membranes mucus only. 1917Dorland Med. Dict. (ed. 9) 617/1 Mucicarmin. 1946H. J. Conn Biol. Stains (ed. 5) 196 A special formula containing aluminium chloride (known as muci-carmine) has been proposed by Mayer. 1959W. Andrew Textbk. Compar. Histol. v. 146 When the reaction of the food vacuole changes from acid to alkaline, the staining properties change also, so that now instead of taking the light-green stain, it stains with mucicarmin. 1976Path. Ann. XI. 303 A special stain (mucicarmine or methenamine silver) should also be employed when there is reason to suspect cryptococcosis. 1985C. R. Leeson et al. Textbk. Histol. (ed. 5) ii. 94/1 Specific stains for mucoprotein, e.g. alcian blue, mucicarmine, and periodic acid-Schiff (PAS), demonstrate mucous acini well. |