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parallelopiped (medicine) and Holmes' stain (medicine)


parallelopiped (medicine)


parallelopiped
<geometry> A solid, the faces of which are six parallelograms, the opposite pairs being parallel, and equal to each Other; a prism whose base is a parallelogram.

Origin: Gr. A body with parallel surfaces; parallel + a plane surface, on the ground, or level with it, level, flat; on + the ground: cf. F. Parallelopipede.

Source: Websters Dictionary


Holmes' stain (medicine)


Holmes' stain
<technique> A silver nitrate staining method for nerve fibres.