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Meaning of histolene | Babel Free

Noun CEFR B2

Definitions

The monoterpene hydrocarbon "p-mentha-1,8-diene" used as a cytological clearing agent

uncountable

Examples

“In brief, 4 μm sections of paraffin-embedded human liver tissue mounted on silane-coated glass slides were de-paraffinized in histolene and dehydrated in graded ethanol.”

CEFR level

B2

Upper Intermediate
This word is part of the CEFR B2 vocabulary — upper intermediate level.

See also

histolocalization histologically histologist Histology histolysis histometry