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destain

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Definitions

  1. remove stain from (a laboratory specimen) to enhance contrast

Word origin

From Old French destaindre (Modern French déteindre, Spanish desteñir). At some point possibly reanalysed as de-/dis- + stain (which is etymologically unrelated).

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