Agents employed in the preparation of histologic or pathologic specimens for the purpose of maintaining the existing form and structure of all of the constituent elements. Great numbers of different agents are used; some are also decalcifying and hardening agents. They must quickly kill and coagulate living tissue.
Synonyms: Agents, Pickling 0 Fixative Fixatives Pickling Agents
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77; was see under HISTOLOGICAL TECHNIQUES 1974
not restricted to use with histological techniques: may be used with microbiological techniques
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