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fluoresceine

fluoresceine is the alternative spelling of fluorescein.

Meaning of fluorescein

Noun

fluorescein (plural fluoresceins)

  1. Any of a class of yellow xanthene dyes which are visible when highly diluted; used forensically to detect traces of blood, and in analytical chemistry as an indicator in silver nitrate titrations

Forms of fluoresceine

pluralfluoresceines

Origin of fluoresceine

From fluoresce + -ine.

Questions about fluoresceine

What is fluoresceine the alternative spelling of?
Fluoresceine is the alternative spelling of fluorescein.

Words near fluoresceine in the dictionary

  1. fluorescamines
  2. fluoresce
  3. fluoresced
  4. fluorescein
  5. fluoresceinated
  6. fluoresceine
  7. fluoresceines
  8. fluoresceins
  9. fluorescence
  10. fluorescence anisotropy
  11. fluorescence microscope

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