Definitions
from The Century Dictionary.
- noun A colorless crystalline compound, C20 H14 O5, prepared by the action of zinc dust and sodium hydroxid on fluorescein. It melts at 126° C.
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- noun (Chem.) A colorless, amorphous substance which is produced by the reduction of fluoresceïn, and from which the latter may be formed by oxidation.
from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.
- noun organic chemistry A colourless
amorphous substance produced by thereduction offluorescein , and from which the latter may be formed byoxidation .
Etymologies
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fluoresce + -in?
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Examples
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Cessation of the circulation may be determined by (a) placing a ligature round the base of a finger (Magnus 'test); (b) injecting a solution of fluorescin (Icard's test); (c) looking through the web of the fingers at
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