fuchsin dye

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• fuchsin — [fook′sin, fook′sēn΄fook′sin] n. [Fr fuchsine < FUCHSIA + ine, IN1: from the color] a purplish red aniline dye, C20H19N3HCl, used as a coloring agent in inks, stains, and dyes: also fuchsine [fook′sin, fook′sēn΄] …   English World dictionary

• fuchsin — A nonspecific term referring to any of several red rosanilin dyes used as stains in histology and bacteriology. [Leonhard Fuchs, German botantist, 1501–1506] acid f. [C.I. 42685] a mixture of the sodium salts bi and trisulfonic acids of rosanilin …   Medical dictionary

• dye — A stain or coloring matter; a compound consisting of chromophore and auxochrome groups attached to one or more benzene rings, its color being due to the chromophore and its dyeing affinities to the auxochrome. Dyes are used for intravital… …   Medical dictionary

• fuchsin — magenta ma*gen ta (m[.a]*j[e^]n t[.a]), n. (Chem.) An aniline dye obtained as an amorphous substance having a green bronze surface color, which dissolves to a shade of red; also, the color; so called from Magenta, in Italy, in allusion to the… …   The Collaborative International Dictionary of English

• fuchsin — /fook sin/, n. a greenish, water soluble, solid, coal tar derivative, obtained by the oxidation of a mixture of aniline and the toluidines, that forms deep red solutions: used chiefly as a dye. Also, fuchsine /fook sin, seen/. Also called basic… …   Universalium

• fuchsin — [ fu:ksi:n] (also fuchsine) noun a deep red synthetic dye used as a biological stain and disinfectant. Origin C19: from Ger. Fuchs fox , translating Fr. Renard (the name of the chemical company which first produced fuchsin commercially) + in1 …   English new terms dictionary

• fuchsin — Synthetic rosaniline dye. Used as a red dye (in Schiff&’s reagent) and as an anti fungal agent …   Dictionary of molecular biology

• fuchsin — or fuchsine noun Etymology: French fuchsine, probably from New Latin Fuchsia; from its color Date: 1865 a dye that is produced by oxidation of a mixture of aniline and toluidines and yields a brilliant bluish red …   New Collegiate Dictionary

• fuchsin — n. brilliant bluish red dye …   English contemporary dictionary

• fuchsin — fuch•sin [[t]ˈfʊk sɪn[/t]] n. chem. a greenish, solid, coal tar derivative, obtained by the oxidation of a mixture of aniline and the toluidines, that forms deep red solutions: used chiefly as a dye • Etymology: 1860–65; fuchs ( ia) + in I …   From formal English to slang

• new fuchsin — a basic dye with staining properties much like those of basic fuchsin; it is a tricyclic compound, trimethyl fuchsin …   Medical dictionary