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pyronine

pyronine noun: any of a group of xanthene dyes used to stain RNA, especially in electrophoresis.

Noun

pyronine (plural pyronines)

  1. Any of a group of xanthene dyes used to stain RNA, especially in electrophoresis.

Forms of pyronine

pluralpyronines

Origin of pyronine

Learned borrowing from German pyronin. By surface analysis, pyrone + -ine.

Words formed from pyronine

Questions about pyronine

What does pyronine mean?
Pyronine means any of a group of xanthene dyes used to stain RNA, especially in electrophoresis.
What part of speech is pyronine?
Pyronine is a noun.
What is the plural of pyronine?
The plural of pyronine is pyronines.

Words near pyronine in the dictionary

  1. pyronecrosis
  2. pyronecrotic
  3. pyronemataceous
  4. pyrones
  5. pyronin
  6. pyronine
  7. pyronines
  8. pyroninophilic
  9. pyronins
  10. pyronomics
  11. Pyrons

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