destain
verb
de·stain
(ˌ)dē-ˈstān 
destained; destaining; destains
: to selectively remove stain from (a specimen for microscopic study)
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destain
transitive verb
de·stain
(ˈ)dē-ˈstān
: to selectively remove stain from (a specimen for microscopic study)
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