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nigrosin

nigrosin noun: a mixture of synthetic black dyes made by heating a mixture of nitrobenzene, aniline and aniline hydrochloride in the presence of a copper or iron catalyst; used for staining of bacteria and as a colorant.

Noun

nigrosin (countable and uncountable, plural nigrosins)

  1. A mixture of synthetic black dyes made by heating a mixture of nitrobenzene, aniline and aniline hydrochloride in the presence of a copper or iron catalyst; used for staining of bacteria and as a colorant.

Forms of nigrosin

pluralnigrosins

Questions about nigrosin

What does nigrosin mean?
Nigrosin means a mixture of synthetic black dyes made by heating a mixture of nitrobenzene, aniline and aniline hydrochloride in the presence of a copper or iron catalyst; used for staining of bacteria and as a colorant.
What part of speech is nigrosin?
Nigrosin is a noun.
What is the plural of nigrosin?
The plural of nigrosin is nigrosins.

Words near nigrosin in the dictionary

  1. nigrometer
  2. nigrometers
  3. nigropallidal
  4. nigros
  5. nigroside
  6. nigrosin
  7. nigrosine
  8. nigrosines
  9. nigrosins
  10. nigrosomal
  11. nigrosome

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