Meaning of periodic acid-Schiff in English:
periodic acid-Schiff
adjective
ChemistryDesignating or relating to a procedure for the detection of carbohydrates by first oxidizing them to polyaldehydes with periodic acid and then staining with Schiff's reagent.
noun
ChemistryThe procedure itself.
Origin
1940s.
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