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HT Histotechnician

Category - Staining

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The use of this substance enables the property of the dye to retain its color in the tissue? What is this substance?

Mordant
Chromophore
Auxochrome
All of the above

Explanation

Answer: C - Auxochrome

The use of auxochrome enables the property of the dye to retain its color in the tissue. This substance imparts the property of electrolytic dissociation to the compound altering the shade of the dye to form salts with another compound and retain its color. The other options do not have this property.

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