About The Word Fluorescein
Learn about the word Fluorescein to help solve your crossword puzzle. Discover Fluorescein definitions and meaning, origins, synonyms, related terms and more at the free Crossword Dictionary.
Fluorescein
| Fluorescein Definition And Meaning |
|---|
What's The Definition Of Fluorescein?
[n] a yellow dye that is visible even when highly diluted; used as an absorption indicator when silver nitrate solution is added to sodium chloride in order to precipitate silver chloride (turns pink when no chloride ions are left in solution and negative fluorescein ions are then absorbed)
Synonyms | Synonyms for Fluorescein: fluoresceine | fluorescent dye | resorcinolphthalein Related Terms | Find terms related to Fluorescein: See Also | absorption indicator | bromeosin | dye | dyestuff | eosin Fluorescein In Webster's Dictionary \Flu`o*res"ce*in\, n. (Chem.)
A yellowish red, crystalline substance, {C20H12O5}, produced
by heating together phthalic anhydride and resorcin; -- so
called, from the very brilliant yellowish green fluorescence
of its alkaline solutions. It has acid properties, and its
salts of the alkalies are known to the trade under the name
of uranin.
|
More Crossword Puzzle Words
A | B | C | D | E | F | G | H | I | J | K | L | M | N | O | P | Q | R | S | T | U | V | W | X | Y | Z
Cross Word Of The Day
- Rhynchoelaps australis ‐ small venomous but harmless snake marked with black-and-white…
- Mantilla ‐ short cape worn by women [n] a woman's silk or…
- Varicolored ‐ having sections or patches colored differently and usually brightly;…
- Pleasingness ‐ a likeable beauty; "the liveliness and pleasingness of dark eyes"-…
- Whitsun ‐ Christian holiday; the week beginning on Whitsunday (especially…
- Little lord fauntleroy ‐ an excessively polite and…
- Aortic stenosis ‐ abnormal narrowing of the…
- Capital of laos ‐ the capital and largest…
- Bladder disorder ‐ a disorder of the…
- Dive brake ‐ a small parachute or articulated flap to reduce the speed of…