See Also: Abbott's stain(medicine)
Abbott's artery(medicine)
Abbott, Berenice(encyclopedia)
Abbott, Bud; and Costello, Lou(encyclopedia)
Abbott, Grace(encyclopedia)
Abbott, Lyman(encyclopedia)
Abbott (as used in expressions)(encyclopedia)
Abbott Laboratories(finance)
Abbott and Costello(dictionary)
Abbott, Alexander(medicine)

virtu (iou) and Abbott's stain (medicine)


virtu (iou)



virtu noun. Also vertu, virtu. E18.
[Italian virtu VIRTUE. The form vertu alt. as if from French.]
A love of or interest in works of Art; a knowledge of or expertise in the fine arts; the fine arts as a subject of study or interest. E18.
article of virtu, object of virtu an article interesting because of its antiquity, quality of workmanship, etc.; an antique, a curio. man of virtu, gentleman of virtua connoisseur, a virtuoso.
collect. Objects of Art; curios. M18.
Times A sale of virtu which had only 8 per cent bought in.
The strength or worth inherent in a person or thing; esp. inherent moral worth or virtue. M20.
N. Annan A society that seemed..hypocritical, cowardly and without virtu.

Abbott's stain (medicine)


Abbott's stain
<technique> Spores are stained blue with alkaline methylene blue; bodies of the bacilli become pink with eosin counterstain.