Gentian Violet

Definition: Gentian Violet

1. A green crystal (violet in water) used as a dye or stain or bactericide or fungicide or anthelmintic or burn treatment.

Specialty Definitions: Gentian Violet

Photo Album: Gentian Violet

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	This is a photomicrograph of Clostridium botulinum stained with Gentian violet. The bacterium C. botulinum produces a nerve toxin, which causes the rare, but serious paralytic illness Botulism.Credit: CDC.
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Frequency of Internet Keywords: Gentian Violet

Ancestral Language Translations: Gentian Violet

Language	Period	Translations
Latin	500 BCE-Modern	Ametastegia pallipes, Gentiana cruciata, Gentiana lutea, Hesperis matronalis L., Legousia durandi Delarb., Legousia speculum-veneris Chaix., Musophaga violacea, Myzus ornatus, Myzus portulacae, Viola arvensis Murr., Viola odorata, Viola tricolor L., Viola tricolor L. ssp. arvensis Gaud., Violaceae. (various references)
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Anagrams: Gentian Violet

Scrabble® Enable2K-Verified Anagrams
	Words within the letters "a-e-e-g-i-i-l-n-n-o-t-t-v"
	-2 letters: ventilating, ventilation.
	-3 letters: etiolating, levigation, levitating, levitation, toenailing, vegetation.
	-4 letters: antielite, antinovel, eglantine, elevating, elevation, entailing, entitling, entoiling, genitival, inelegant, inletting, inviolate, leavening, levanting, lineation, negotiant, negotiate, novitiate, olivenite, telneting, toileting, valentine, ventilate, vigilante, violating.
	-5 letters: agentive, aliening, antigene, anviling, eloining, elongate, entangle, etiolate, galenite, gantline, gelatine, gelation, genitive, innovate, intaglio, intonate, inveigle, latening, legatine, legation, lenition, lenitive, levigate, levitate, ligation, ligative, litigant, litigate, livening, negation, negative, nettling, nonelite, nontitle, notating, tainting, totaling, valeting, vegetant, venation, venetian, vigilant, vignette, vittling, volitant.
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Alternative Orthography: Gentian Violet

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Domain	Definitions
Health	A dye that is a mixture of violet rosanilinis with antibacterial, antifungal, and anthelmentic properties. (references)
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Expression	Frequency per Day
gentian violet	99
gentian violet solution	5
buy gentian violet	2
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