FIXATIVE
\fˈɪksətˌɪv], \fˈɪksətˌɪv], \f_ˈɪ_k_s_ə_t_ˌɪ_v]\
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By Noah Webster.
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1. Serving to fix or make firm. 2. A substance used in the hardening and preservation of pathological and histological specimens. 3. Amboceptor.
By Stedman, Thomas Lathrop
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Fixing; in microscopy and histology, serving to fix tissues in the structural condition and form found in life, or to fasten microscopic sections or preparations to a slide or cover glass so that they will not be disturbed either wholly or in part during washing, staining, mounting, etc.; as a n., a substance serving such purposes.
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trigger-area
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