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noun
Any of various fluorescent dyes used to stain biological material before microscopic examination
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
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noun
any of various fluorescent substances used in fluorescence microscopy to stain specimens
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
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Broader terms: dye, dyestuff
Narrower terms: fluorescein isothiocyanate, fluorescein isocyanate
History
From fluoro- + -chrome.
