stainableadj.
/ˈsteɪnəb(ə)l/ Capable of being stained.
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the world > matter > colour > colouring > staining > [adjective] > able to be stained
stainable1884
1884 Proc. Boston Soc. Nat. Hist. 23 59 Two substances, one readily stainable, and one staining with difficulty.
1885 Encycl. Brit. XIX. 833/1 A very simple homogeneous corpuscle or vesicle of more readily stainable protoplasm.
1898 P. Manson Trop. Dis. viii. 148 Those [plague bacilli] occurring in the blood..are stainable by Gram's method.
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stainaˈbility n.
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the world > matter > colour > colouring > staining > [noun] > ability to be stained
stainability1890
1890 London Med. Recorder 20 Apr. 144/2 Sometimes they appear in greater numbers within the nuclei, which thereby are puffed up and lose their stainability.
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