Definitions
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.
- noun An orange-red compound, C20H12O5, that exhibits intense fluorescence in alkaline solution and is used in medicine for diagnostic purposes, in oceanography as a tracer, and as a textile dye.
from The Century Dictionary.
- noun The anhydrid of resorcin phthalein, C20H12O5. It is a coal-tar product, but is little used in dyeing. From it are derived the eosins.
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- noun (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 ofuranin .
from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.
- noun chemistry Any of a class of
yellow xanthene dyes which arevisible when highlydiluted ; usedforensically to detect traces ofblood , and inanalytical chemistry as anindicator insilver nitrate titrations
from WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
- noun 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)
Etymologies
from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License
Support
Help support Wordnik (and make this page ad-free) by adopting the word fluorescein.
Examples
-
Most of the time, the diagnosis can be made based on a clinical exam, although a test called fluorescein angiography is often performed to assess the severity.
NYT > Home Page By JANE E. BRODY 2011
-
Most of the time, the diagnosis can be made based on a clinical exam, although a test called fluorescein angiography is often performed to assess the severity.
NYT > Home Page By JANE E. BRODY 2011
-
Most of the time, the diagnosis can be made based on a clinical exam, although a test called fluorescein angiography is often performed to assess the severity.
NYT > Home Page By JANE E. BRODY 2011
-
Semrock has released four optical filter sets for fluorescence imaging that enable increased brightness or enhanced contrast when imaging labels fluorescein
-
Semrock has released four optical filter sets for fluorescence imaging that enable increased brightness or enhanced contrast when imaging labels fluorescein
-
In the new study led by Dr Nick Beare of the Royal Liverpool University Hospital, researchers examined the retinas of 34 children admitted to the hospital with cerebral malaria, by using a technique known as fluorescein angiography.
-
They used a technique known as fluorescein angiography, which involves injecting a special dye into the arm intravenously and photographing its passage through the blood vessels of the retina.
PhysOrg.com - latest science and technology news stories 2009
-
They used a technique known as fluorescein angiography, which involves injecting a special dye into the arm intravenously and photographing its passage through the blood vessels of the retina.
India eNews 2009
-
The traditional means of visualizing the retina is known as fluorescein angiography.
-
"Fluorescent indicators for cytosolic calcium based on rhodamine and fluorescein chromophores," J. Biol.
Comments
Log in or sign up to get involved in the conversation. It's quick and easy.