cleared and stained

cleared and stained
a specimen with some tissues rendered transparent by various chemical treatments while others are stained to enhance their visibility. In fish osteological studies, the flesh is cleared with enzymes or potassium hydroxide and the bones stained red with alizarin red S and the cartilage blue with alcian blue. Abbreviated as c&s on labels and in museum catalogues

Dictionary of ichthyology. 2009.

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