fluorescein

English

Etymology

fluoresce + -in

Noun

fluorescein (plural fluoresceins)

  1. (chemistry) Any of a class of yellow xanthene dyes which are visible when highly diluted; used forensically to detect traces of blood, and in analytical chemistry as an indicator in silver nitrate titrations

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