(le-pen'ĕ pik'wŏrth), a staining technique, for hemoglobin and other heme-containing substances in cryostat or frozen sections, that uses the presence of tissue peroxidase to oxidize benzidine to a blue quinhydrone.
Lepehne,
Georg, German physician, 1887–. Lepehne-Pickworth stain - a staining technique for hemoglobin.