fixative in the Oxford-Hachette French Dictionary

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Using a larger sample means it takes longer for the fixative to reach the deeper tissue.
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It is used as a fragrance and fixative in many perfumes and as an aroma compound.
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The substance has been extensively used as a perfume fixative, incense material, and medicine, since ancient times.
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The substance has been used as a popular perfume fixative since ancient times and is one of the more expensive animal products in the world.
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These fixatives preserve tissues or cells mainly by irreversibly cross-linking proteins.
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First, a fixative usually acts to disable intrinsic biomoleculesparticularly proteolytic enzymeswhich otherwise digest or damage the sample.
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The scrapings are placed on a slide, covered with a fixative for later examination under a microscope to determine if they are normal or abnormal.
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Fixatives containing mercuric chloride or potassium dichromate are toxic, making disposal as hazardous waste costly.
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The acetic acid in this fixative lyses red blood cells and dissolves small iron and calcium deposits in tissue.
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Sterilization of blocks of tissue can take much longer, due to the time required for the fixative to penetrate.
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