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Definition: Fluorescent Dye |
Fluorescent DyeNoun1. 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). Source: WordNet 1.7.1 Copyright © 2001 by Princeton University. All rights reserved. |
Synonyms: Fluorescent DyeSynonyms: fluorescein (n), fluoresceine (n), resorcinolphthalein (n). (additional references) |
Crosswords: Fluorescent Dye |
| English words defined with "fluorescent dye": bromeosin ♦ eosin ♦ immunofluorescence. (references) |
| Specialty definitions using "fluorescent dye": Acriflavine ♦ diethyl aminomethyl coumarin, Dithiazanine ♦ Fluorescent Antibody Technique ♦ hague, Hague cataract lamp ♦ In Situ Hybridization, Fluorescence ♦ Microscopy, Fluorescence ♦ OPHTHALMIC PHOTOGRAPHER ♦ Plicamycin. (references) |
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 | Using this staining technique, fluorescent dye is attached to the known antibodies that correspond to the suspected antigen. These antibodies will in turn attach to the antigen molecules, if present, and fluoresce when viewed with a fluorescent light. Credit: CDC. |  | Lawrence Johnson, who is at the Germplasm and Gamete Physiology Laboratory in Beltsville, Maryland, has developed a system for sorting batches of livestock sperm cells based on the amount of DNA they carry. The X-bearing sperm carry more DNA, which can be measured using a fluorescent dye and a laser. Based on the light they emit, the X and Y sperm can be collected in separate tubes. P. Credit: USDA ARS News; photo by Scott Bauer.. |
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| The following statistics estimate the number of searches per day across the major English-language search engines as identified by various trade publications. Hyperlinks lead to commercial use of the expression at Amazon.com. |
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fluorescent dye | 21 |
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| Language | Translations for "fluorescent dye"; alternative meanings/domain in parentheses. | |
Danish | fluorescensmarkør. (various references) | |
Dutch | fluorescerende kleurstof. (various references) | |
Finnish | fluoresoiva väriaine. (various references) | |
French | teinture fluorescente, marqueur fluorescent, colorant fluorescent. (various references) | |
German | fluoreszierender Farbstoff. (various references) | |
Greek | φθορίζων δείκτης. (various references) | |
Italian | pigmento fluorescente (Fluorescent Hi-lites), marcatore fluorescente. (various references) | |
Pig Latin | uorescentflay yeday.(various references) | |
Portuguese | marcador fluorescente. (various references) | |
Spanish | marcador fluorescente, colorante fluorescente. (various references) | |
Swedish | fluorokrom. (various references) | |
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Misspellings | |
"Fluorescent Dye" is suggested in spellcheckers for the following: fluroescent dye. (additional references) | |
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Scrabble® Enable2K-Verified Anagrams | |
| Words within the letters "c-d-e-e-e-f-l-n-o-r-s-t-u-y" | |
-3 letters: centerfolds, fluorescent. | |
-4 letters: centerfold, confusedly, deflectors, electrodes, ensorceled, florescent, fluoresced, redolences, refluences, telecourse, uncorseted, unescorted, unforested, unselected. | |
-5 letters: clustered, coendures, conferees, confuters, construed, consulted, consulter, counseled, counselee, countered, curtseyed, decenters, decentres, defectors, deferents, deflector, desultory, deuterons, duecentos, electrode, electroed, electrons, enclosure, encrusted, endostyle, enfolders, florences, flounders, fluorenes, fluoresce, flustered, fourteens, freestone, freestyle, recounted. | |
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