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Dictionary entry overview: What does eosin mean?

• EOSIN (noun)
The noun EOSIN has 1 sense:

1. a red fluorescent dye resulting from the action of bromine on fluorescein; used in cosmetics and as a biological stain for studying cell structures

Familiarity information: EOSIN used as a noun is very rare.

Dictionary entry details

• EOSIN (noun)

Sense 1

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Meaning:

A red fluorescent dye resulting from the action of bromine on fluorescein; used in cosmetics and as a biological stain for studying cell structures

Classified under:

Nouns denoting substances

Synonyms:

bromeosin; eosin

Hypernyms ("eosin" is a kind of...):

fluorescein; fluoresceine; fluorescent dye; resorcinolphthalein (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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