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tinction

noun

  1. A stain; a preparation for staining.

    […] not color as well as at others, even when fresh covering-glass specimens are made and exactly the same tinctions used.

Where it comes from

Borrowed from Latin tinctiō (“a soaking, dipping”).

Adapted from the Wiktionary entry tinction (CC BY-SA 4.0).

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