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FLUORESCENT DYE

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 I. (noun) 

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Meaning:

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)

Synonyms:

fluorescein; fluoresceine; fluorescent dye; resorcinolphthalein

Classified under:

Nouns denoting substances

Hypernyms ("fluorescent dye" is a kind of...):

absorption indicator (an indicator used in reactions that involve precipitation)

dye; dyestuff (a usually soluble substance for staining or coloring e.g. fabrics or hair)

Domain category:

solution (a homogeneous mixture of two or more substances; frequently (but not necessarily) a liquid solution)

Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "fluorescent dye"):

bromeosin; eosin (a red fluorescent dye resulting from the action of bromine on fluorescein; used in cosmetics and as a biological stain for studying cell structures)

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 Context examples: 

An immunoconjugate and a fluorescent tracer consisting of the recombinant humanized anti-vascular endothelial growth factor (VEGF) monoclonal antibody bevacizumab conjugated to the N-hydroxysuccinamide (NHS) ester form of the near-infrared (NIR) fluorescent dye IRDye 800CW, that may be used for VEGF-specific tumor imaging.

(Bevacizumab-IRDye 800CW, NCI Thesaurus)

A488 is a photostable fluorescent dye with a high quantum yield.

(Anti-PSMA Monoclonal Antibody MDX1201-A488, NCI Thesaurus)