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phloxines

phloxines is the plural of phloxine.

Meaning of phloxine

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

Questions about phloxines

What is phloxines the plural of?
Phloxines is the plural of phloxine.

Words near phloxines in the dictionary

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

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