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proflavine

proflavine noun: a disinfectant, acridine-3,6-diamine, bacteriostatic against many gram-positive bacteria.

Noun

proflavine (uncountable)

  1. A disinfectant, acridine-3,6-diamine, bacteriostatic against many gram-positive bacteria

Questions about proflavine

What does proflavine mean?
Proflavine means a disinfectant, acridine-3,6-diamine, bacteriostatic against many gram-positive bacteria.
What part of speech is proflavine?
Proflavine is a noun.

Words near proflavine in the dictionary

  1. profitting
  2. Profitts
  3. profitwise
  4. profixigenal
  5. proflavin
  6. proflavine
  7. proflazepam
  8. profligacies
  9. profligacy
  10. profligate
  11. profligated

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