Giemsa stain
Blood smear colorant
Giemsa stain is a dye mixture used in microscopy to color cells and chromosomes for examination.
It's standard in hematology for identifying blood parasites like malaria and in cytogenetics for revealing chromosome banding patterns.
The stain colors different cellular components in distinctive shades—nuclei appear purple, cytoplasm pink or blue: The Giemsa stain showed ring-form parasites in the red blood cells.
- microscopeInstrument for viewing minute objects
- chromosomeDNA strand carrying genes
- purpleHue between crimson and azure
- violetSmall five-petaled wildflower
- malariaMosquito-borne parasitic infection
blood · smear · parasite · nucleus · slide · laboratory · cytoplasm · banding · karyotype · methylene · azure · thick · thin · leukemia · pathology · hematology · fixation · differential
- cytologycytology, Pap test, cell division, cytoplasm, chromosome
- Biological Stainscarmine, gentian violet, Prussian blue, light green, India ink
- Blood Smearsblood smear, thin film, smear, glass slide, slide
- DNA Stainsethidium bromide
- lab reagentsreagent, buffer, buffers, formalin, pyridine
- Lab Stainsalcian blue, carmine, India ink, Prussian blue, gentian violet
staining mechanism/color production
Giemsa stainZiehl-Neelsen stain
Carbol fuchsin bacterial detection