immunohistochemical
adjective
im·mu·no·his·to·chem·i·cal
ˌi-myə-nō-ˌhi-stō-ˈke-mi-kəl 
i-ˌmyü-nō-
: of or relating to the application of histochemical and immunologic methods to chemical analysis of living cells and tissues
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Human adult neurogenesis across the ages: An immunohistochemical study.
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Neuroskeptic, Discover Magazine, 27 July 2016
The immunohistochemical stain that colors tau protein helped Danielsen see the invisible: tau staining around the blood vessels in a distribution characteristic of a C.T.E.-type pathology.
—New York Times, 1 Mar. 2022
Image: Immunohistochemical detection methods reveal fresh corpuscles (black arrows, figure C) in the blood around the arrow wound (white arrow, figure A) / Intensive Care Medicine.
—Brandon Keim, WIRED, 29 Jan. 2009
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Neuroskeptic, Discover Magazine, 27 July 2016
The immunohistochemical stain that colors tau protein helped Danielsen see the invisible: tau staining around the blood vessels in a distribution characteristic of a C.T.E.-type pathology.
—New York Times, 1 Mar. 2022
Image: Immunohistochemical detection methods reveal fresh corpuscles (black arrows, figure C) in the blood around the arrow wound (white arrow, figure A) / Intensive Care Medicine.
—Brandon Keim, WIRED, 29 Jan. 2009
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immunohistochemical
adjective
im·mu·no·his·to·chem·i·cal
-ˌhis-tō-ˈkem-i-kəl
: of or relating to the application of histochemical and immunologic methods to chemical analysis of living cells and tissues
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