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fluorescin

fluorescin noun: a colourless amorphous substance produced by the reduction of fluorescein, and from which the latter may be formed by oxidation.

Noun

fluorescin (uncountable)

  1. A colourless amorphous substance produced by the reduction of fluorescein, and from which the latter may be formed by oxidation.

Origin of fluorescin

From fluoresce + -in?

Words formed from fluorescin

Questions about fluorescin

What does fluorescin mean?
Fluorescin means a colourless amorphous substance produced by the reduction of fluorescein, and from which the latter may be formed by oxidation.
What part of speech is fluorescin?
Fluorescin is a noun.

Words near fluorescin in the dictionary

  1. fluorescents
  2. fluorescer
  3. fluorescers
  4. fluoresces
  5. fluorescigenic
  6. fluorescin
  7. fluorescinated
  8. fluorescing
  9. fluorescyl
  10. fluoresence
  11. fluorestradiol

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