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  1. n. a staining technique used to classify bacteria; bacteria are stained with gentian violet and then treated with Gram's solution; after being decolorized with alcohol and treated with safranine and washed in water, those that retain the gentian violet are Gram-positive and those that do not retain it are Gram-negative

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  1. staining

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  1. Gram-negative
  1. Gram's method
  1. Gram-positive
  1. gram-negative
  1. gram-positive

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