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thioflavin

thioflavin noun: either of two dyes (thioflavin S and thioflavin T) used for histology staining and biophysical studies of protein aggregation.

Noun

thioflavin (countable and uncountable, plural thioflavins)

  1. Either of two dyes (thioflavin S and thioflavin T) used for histology staining and biophysical studies of protein aggregation.

Forms of thioflavin

pluralthioflavins

Questions about thioflavin

What does thioflavin mean?
Thioflavin means either of two dyes (thioflavin S and thioflavin T) used for histology staining and biophysical studies of protein aggregation.
What part of speech is thioflavin?
Thioflavin is a noun.
What is the plural of thioflavin?
The plural of thioflavin is thioflavins.

Words near thioflavin in the dictionary

  1. thioetherifications
  2. thioethers
  3. thioethyl
  4. thioethyls
  5. thiofentanyl
  6. thioflavin
  7. thioflavine
  8. thioflavines
  9. thioflavins
  10. thioformaldehyde
  11. thioformaldehydes

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