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Fixatives

Medical Definition:	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.
Guide Notes:	do not restrict to histol techniques: may be microbiol techniques also; D25-26 qualif
Also Called:	Pickling Agents
Previously Indexed:	Histological Techniques (1966-1976)

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