Medical Dictionary

1stain

vt \ˈstān\

Medical Definition of STAIN

1
:  to cause discoloration of <smoking stains teeth>
2
:  to color by processes affecting chemically or otherwise the material itself <stain bacteria with a fluorescent dye>
intransitive verb
:  to receive a stain
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