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from The Century Dictionary.
- noun A coal-tar color of the xanthene type, the sodium or potassium salt of tetra-iodofluorescein. It dyes wool and silk bluish red or pink in a slightly acid bath. Also called erythrosin B, erythrosin D, eosin J, pyrosine B, and iodeosine B.
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- noun A red substance formed by the oxidation of tyrosin.
- noun A red dyestuff obtained from fluoresceïn by the action of iodine.
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- noun chemistry A red substance formed by the
oxidation oftyrosin . - noun chemistry A red
dyestuff obtained fromfluorescein by the action ofiodine .
Etymologies
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