gram-positive
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See also: Gram-positive
English[edit]
Alternative forms[edit]
- Gram-positive (Note: The form with capital G is the only form given in the American Heritage Dictionary. "Gram" is actually a proper name.)
Etymology[edit]
From Gram (“a surname”) + positive, after Danish bacteriologist Hans Christian Gram, who invented the Gram staining method.
Adjective[edit]
gram-positive (not comparable)
- (medicine, bacteriology, of a bacterium) That is stained violet by Gram's method
Coordinate terms[edit]
Translations[edit]
stained violet by Gram's method
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Italian[edit]
Adjective[edit]
gram-positive