gram-negative

See also: Gram-negative

English

Alternative forms

• Gram-negative (Note: The form with capital G is the only form given in the American Heritage Dictionary. "Gram" is actually a proper name.)

Adjective

gram-negative (not comparable)

1. (medicine, of a bacterium) that is not stained violet by Gram's method

Antonyms

• gram-positive

Translations

not stained violet by Gram's method

• Catalan: gramnegatiu
• German: gramnegativ (de)
• Italian: gram-negativo (it)

See also

• diderm

Italian

Adjective

gram-negative

1. feminine plural of gram-negativo