vital staining

noun

1. the technique of treating living cells and tissues with dyes that do not immediately kill them, facilitating observation with a microscope

Example Sentences

Fluorescence-based fixative and vital staining of lipid droplets in Caenorhabditis elegans reveal fat stores using microscopy and flow cytometry approaches.

From Nature

Another means of studying the nature of the granules depends on the principle of vital staining.

From Project Gutenberg