Definitions
from The Century Dictionary.
- noun A yellow pigment, producible from pyocyanin by exposure to light and air. The green color sometimes presented by pus is probably due to the simultaneous occurrence of both pigments.
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- noun (Physiol. Chem.) A greenish yellow crystalline coloring matter found with pyocyanin in pus.
from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.
- noun chemistry, archaic A greenish-yellow
crystalline colouring matter found withpyocyanin inpus .
Etymologies
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Ancient Greek, from words meaning "pus" and "yellow".
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