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phloxine

phloxine noun: a red dye used in the hematoxylin-phloxine-saffron stain ("HPS stain"), commonly employed in performing an eosinophil count by hemocytometer.

Noun

phloxine (countable and uncountable, plural phloxines)

  1. A red dye used in the hematoxylin-phloxine-saffron stain ("HPS stain"), commonly employed in performing an eosinophil count by hemocytometer.
    • Eosin Y, eosin B, phloxine and erythrosin (which unlike other eosins, is halogenated with iodine), are the common members of this group of dyes.2000, J. Ochei, A. Kolhatkar, Medical Laboratory Science: Theory And Practice, page 450

Forms of phloxine

pluralphloxines

Questions about phloxine

What does phloxine mean?
Phloxine means a red dye used in the hematoxylin-phloxine-saffron stain ("HPS stain"), commonly employed in performing an eosinophil count by hemocytometer.
What part of speech is phloxine?
Phloxine is a noun.
What is the plural of phloxine?
The plural of phloxine is phloxines.

Words near phloxine in the dictionary

  1. phlorotannins
  2. phlox
  3. phlox worm
  4. phlox worms
  5. phloxes
  6. phloxine
  7. phloxines
  8. phloxlike
  9. phloëm
  10. PHLPost
  11. pHluorin

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