Ziehl-Neelsen stain
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[edit]Etymology
[edit]Named after two German doctors who modified the stain: the bacteriologist Franz Ziehl (1859–1926) and the pathologist Friedrich Neelsen (1854–1898).
Noun
[edit]Ziehl-Neelsen stain (countable and uncountable, plural Ziehl-Neelsen stains)
- A bacteriological stain used to identify acid-fast organisms, mainly mycobacteria.