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(medicine, of a bacterium) that is not stained violet by Gram's method.
Use gram-negative when its meaning, tone and grammar fit the full sentence. A synonym is not always a direct replacement.
Gram-negative means (medicine, of a bacterium) that is not stained violet by Gram's method.
The closest synonym depends on the sentence and intended sense.
Possible antonyms include gram-positive.
Use gram-negative where its definition matches the intended context.
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