fluorescein
nounEtymology
Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *bʰel-der. Proto-Indo-European *bʰlewH-der. Proto-Indo-European *bʰluH-yé-ti? Latin fluō Proto-Indo-European *-os Proto-Indo-European *-s Proto-Indo-European *-ōs Proto-Italic *-ōs Latin -or Latin fluorbor. English fluor Proto-Indo-European *-tósder. Ancient Greek -της (-tēs)der. Ancient Greek -ῑ́της (-ī́tēs)der. Latin -ītēsbor. French -iteder. English -ite English fluorite Middle Low German sparder. Old English spærstān Middle English sparston English sparstonebf. English spar blend English fluorspar Proto-Indo-European *-éh₁ti Proto-Indo-European *-sḱéti Proto-Indo-European *-éh₁sḱeti Proto-Italic *-ēskō Latin -ēscō Latin -escensder. English -escence English fluorescencebf. English fluoresce Proto-Indo-European *-nós Proto-Indo-European *-iHnos Proto-Italic *-īnos Latin -īnusder. Old French -inbor. Middle English -in English -ineclip. English -in English fluorescein From fluoresce + -in.
- derived from -in English fluorescein From fluoresce + -in
- derived from -in English -ineclip
- derived from -inbor
- derived from -escence English fluorescencebf
- derived from spærstān Middle English sparston English sparstonebf
- derived from -ite English fluorite Middle Low German sparder
- derived from -iteder
- derived from -ītēsbor
- derived from fluor Proto-Indo-European *-tósder
- derived from *bʰlewH-der✻
- derived from *bʰel-der✻
Definitions
Any of a class of yellow xanthene dyes which are visible when highly diluted
Any of a class of yellow xanthene dyes which are visible when highly diluted; used forensically to detect traces of blood, and in analytical chemistry as an indicator in silver nitrate titrations
The neighborhood
Vish — recursive loop
No curated loop yet for fluorescein. Loops are being traced one word at a time while the ingestion pipeline matures.
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