- methylene blue
- noun Date: circa 1890 a basic thiazine dye C16H18ClN3S•3H2O used especially as a biological stain, an antidote in cyanide poisoning, and an oxidation-reduction indicator
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Methylene blue — Methylene Meth yl*ene, n. [F. m[ e]thyl[ e]ne, from Gr. ? wine + ? wood; a word coined to correspond to the name wood spirit.] (Chem.) A divalent hydrocarbon radical, { CH2 }, not known in the free state, but regarded as an essential residue and… … The Collaborative International Dictionary of English
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methylene blue — noun a dark green dye used as a stain, an antiseptic, a chemical indicator, and an antidote in cyanide poisoning • Syn: ↑methylthionine chloride • Hypernyms: ↑stain, ↑thiazine * * * noun Usage: sometimes capitalized M&B : a basic dye of the… … Useful english dictionary
methylene blue — A basic dye easily oxidized to azure, with dye mixtures; used in histology and microbiology, to stain intestinal protozoa in wet mount preparations, to track RNA and RNase in electrophoresis, and as an antidote for methemoglobinemia; its … Medical dictionary
methylene blue — Chem., Pharm. a dark green, crystalline compound, C16H18ClN3S, that dissolves in water to form a deep blue solution: used chiefly as a dye, as a bacteriological and biological stain, and as an antidote for cyanide poisoning. Also called… … Universalium
Methylene Blue — (= Swiss blue; Basic Blue 9; tetramethythionine chloride) Water soluble dye that can be reduced to a colourless form and can be oxidized by atmospheric oxygen. Used as a stain in bacteriology and histology … Dictionary of molecular biology
methylene blue — meth′ylene blue′ n. pha chem. a dark green, crystalline compound, C16H18ClN3that dissolves in water to form a deep blue solution: used chiefly as a dye, as a biological stain, and as an antidote for cyanide poisoning … From formal English to slang
methylene blue — a blue dye used to stain bacterial cells for microscopic examination … The new mediacal dictionary
methylene blue — a dye (3,7 bis (Dimethylamino) phenazathionioum chloride) used against external bacteria and protozoans on fish … Dictionary of ichthyology
