gram-positive

1. 1.

   (of bacteria) being or relating to a bacterium that retains the violet stain used in Gram's method

   Similarpositive

   bacteria

Questions about gram-positive

What does gram-positive mean?

gram-positive means "(of bacteria) being or relating to a bacterium that retains the violet stain used in Gram's method".

How many syllables are in gram-positive?

gram-positive has 4 syllables: gram--po-si-tive. The stress falls on "po".

Is gram-positive a common word?

gram-positive is banded "Rare" — specialist or archaic — most readers will not have met it. The band comes from how often the word appears in a large corpus of everyday English, not from an editor's impression.