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fluorescein

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Noun

a yellow dye that is visible even when highly diluted; used as an absorption indicator when silver nitrate solution is added to sodium chloride in order to precipitate silver chloride (turns pink when no chloride ions are left in solution and negative fluorescein ions are then absorbed)

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Synonyms:
fluoresceine fluorescent dye resorcinolphthalein

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Words pronounced/spelled similarly to "fluorescein":
fluorescein fluoresceine
Words contain "fluorescein":
fluorescein fluorescein isocyanate fluorescein isothiocyanate fluoresceine
Words contain "fluorescein" in its definition in English - English (Wordnet) dictionary:
fluorescein bromeosin eosin fluoresceine fluorescent dye resorcinolphthalein

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