Fluorescein Definition

flo͝o-rĕsē-ĭn, flô-, flō-
noun
A yellowish-red, crystalline compound, C20H12O5, made synthetically from resorcinol and phthalic anhydride: a dilute alkaline solution appears green by reflected light and red by transmitted light: used as a textile dye, a liquid coloring, and, in medicine, an intravenous diagnostic aid.
Webster's New World

(chemistry) 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.

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fluorescein
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Fluorescein Sentence Examples

  • One defect a fluorescein angiogram test may reveal are abnormal blood vessels which leak blood into the surrounding tissues.

  • A special form of angiography used by eye doctors is called fluorescein angiography.

  • A subset of patients also had fluorescein angiography performed every 6 months.

  • Control of transglutaminase activity in human keratinocytes by using the newly developed fluorescein cadaverine incorporation technique.

  • Diffuse or focal leakage can be identified by fundus fluorescein angiography (FFA ).

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