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fuchsin
[ fook-sin ]
noun
- 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.
fuchsin
/ -sɪn; ˈfuːksɪn; ˈfuːksiːn /
noun
- a greenish crystalline substance, the quaternary chloride of rosaniline, forming a red solution in water: used as a textile dye and a biological stain. Formula: C 20 H 19 N 3 HCl Also calledmagenta
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Word History and Origins
Origin of fuchsin1
C19: from fuchs ( ia ) + -in ; from its similarity in colour to the flower
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Example Sentences
Flood the film with carbolic fuchsin, warm until steam begins to rise.
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Other counterstains may be used such as dilute eosin, dilute fuchsin, or vesuvin.
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Stain in hot carbol-fuchsin (as in staining for spores) for five to ten minutes.
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Stain in hot carbol-fuchsin (as for tubercle bacilli) for five to ten minutes.
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Pour Ziehl's carbolic fuchsin on the film, warm as in previous methods, and allow it to act for ten minutes.
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