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parafuchsin

parafuchsin noun: a tri(aminophenyl)methane hydrochloride; an important red biologic stain used in Schiff reagent to detect cellular DNA (Feulgen stain), mucopolysaccharides (periodic acid-Schiff stain), and proteins (ninhydrin-Schiff stain).

Noun

parafuchsin (uncountable)

  1. A tri(aminophenyl)methane hydrochloride; an important red biologic stain used in Schiff reagent to detect cellular DNA (Feulgen stain), mucopolysaccharides (periodic acid-Schiff stain), and proteins (ninhydrin-Schiff stain).
    Synonyms:
    pararosanilin

Synonyms of parafuchsin

Origin of parafuchsin

From para- + fuchsin.

Questions about parafuchsin

What does parafuchsin mean?
Parafuchsin means a tri(aminophenyl)methane hydrochloride; an important red biologic stain used in Schiff reagent to detect cellular DNA (Feulgen stain), mucopolysaccharides (periodic acid-Schiff stain), and proteins (ninhydrin-Schiff stain).
What part of speech is parafuchsin?
Parafuchsin is a noun.

Words near parafuchsin in the dictionary

  1. parafrags
  2. parafransoletite
  3. parafront
  4. parafrontal
  5. parafronts
  6. parafuchsin
  7. parafunction
  8. parafunctional
  9. parafunctionality
  10. parafunctioned
  11. parafunctioning

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