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trypaflavine

trypaflavine noun: an acridine dye thought to be identical with flavine or acriflavine.

Noun

trypaflavine (uncountable)

  1. An acridine dye thought to be identical with flavine or acriflavine.

Origin of trypaflavine

So called because of its therapeutic action in trypanosome infections.

Questions about trypaflavine

What does trypaflavine mean?
Trypaflavine means an acridine dye thought to be identical with flavine or acriflavine.
What part of speech is trypaflavine?
Trypaflavine is a noun.

Words near trypaflavine in the dictionary

  1. Tryons
  2. tryout
  3. tryouts
  4. tryp
  5. trypacidin
  6. trypaflavine
  7. trypan
  8. trypan blue
  9. trypanicidal
  10. trypanicide
  11. trypanicides

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