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phenothiazinium

phenothiazinium noun: the tricyclic heterocycle that forms the basis of methylene blue and related dyes.

Noun

phenothiazinium (plural phenothiaziniums)

  1. (especially, in-compounds) The tricyclic heterocycle that forms the basis of methylene blue and related dyes
    • Vitamin D 3 was fluorescently labeled using a phenothiazinium dye and added to cultures of D.2015 July 6, “UV-Stressed Daphnia pulex Increase Fitness through Uptake of Vitamin D 3”, in PLOS ONE, →DOI

Forms of phenothiazinium

pluralphenothiaziniums

Questions about phenothiazinium

What does phenothiazinium mean?
Phenothiazinium means the tricyclic heterocycle that forms the basis of methylene blue and related dyes.
What part of speech is phenothiazinium?
Phenothiazinium is a noun.
What is the plural of phenothiazinium?
The plural of phenothiazinium is phenothiaziniums.

Words near phenothiazinium in the dictionary

  1. phenoseasons
  2. phenospecies
  3. phenospermy
  4. phenothiazine
  5. phenothiazines
  6. phenothiazinium
  7. phenothiaziniums
  8. phenothiourea
  9. phenothrin
  10. phenotype
  11. phenotyped

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