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What does osmic mean?

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Adjective
  1. (chemistry) Pertaining to, derived from, or containing, osmium; specifically, designating those compounds in which it has a higher valence.
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Staining with osmic acid or Sudan will remove any doubt as to their nature.
The younger of these ovaries was from a Scyllium embryo 10 centimtres long, preserved in osmic acid.
The bacilli were stained by osmic acid and not dissolved by potash tye.
The metal osmium, if exposed to the flame of oxidation, fuses and is finally dissipated as osmic acid.
Nucleus of the yolk in connection with the protoplasmic network hardened in osmic acid.
Greasy finger-marks may also be acted on chemically, so as to bring out details by the application of osmic acid.

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