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• Gram's procedure (noun)
  1. a staining technique used to classify bacteria; bacteria are stained with gentian violet and then treated with Gram's solution; after being decolourized with alcohol and treated with safranine and washed in water, those that retain the gentian violet are Gram-positive and those that do not retain it are Gram-negative
• bureaucratic procedure (noun)
  1. needlessly time-consuming procedure
• cataloged procedure (noun)
  1. a set of control statements that have been placed in a library and can be retrieved by name
• check-out procedure (noun)
  1. the act of inspecting or verifying
• cloze procedure (noun)
  1. a test for diagnosing reading ability; words are deleted from a prose passage and the reader is required to fill in the blanks
• contingency procedure (noun)
  1. an alternative to the normal procedure; triggered if an unusual but anticipated situation arises
• dental procedure (noun)
  1. a procedure employed by a dentist
• desensitisation procedure (noun)
  1. a technique used in behaviour therapy to treat phobias and other behaviour problems involving anxiety; client is exposed to the threatening situation under relaxed conditions until the anxiety reaction is extinguished
• desensitization procedure (noun)
  1. a technique used in behaviour therapy to treat phobias and other behaviour problems involving anxiety; client is exposed to the threatening situation under relaxed conditions until the anxiety reaction is extinguished
• diagnostic procedure (noun)
  1. a procedure followed in making a medical diagnosis
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