Levaditi stain

noun

Lev·​a·​di·​ti stain
variants or Levaditi's stain
: a silver nitrate stain used to demonstrate in section the spirochete of the genus Treponema (T. pallidum) that causes syphilis

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“Levaditi stain.” Merriam-Webster.com Medical Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/medical/Levaditi%20stain. Accessed 22 Nov. 2024.

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