triphenylmethane dye
noun Chemistry.
any of a great number of dyes, as gentian violet, fuchsin, and rosaniline, produced from triphenylmethane by replacement of the ring hydrogen atoms with hydroxy, amino, sulfo, or other atoms or groups.
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Origin of triphenylmethane dye
First recorded in 1930–35
Words nearby triphenylmethane dye
tripersonality, tripetalous, triphammer, triphasic, triphenylmethane, triphenylmethane dye, triphibian, triphibious, trip-hop, triphosphate, triphosphoric acid
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Medical definitions for triphenylmethane dye
triphenylmethane dye
[ trī-fĕn′əl-mĕth′ān′, -fē′nəl- ]
n.
Any of a group of dyes used as nuclear, cytoplasmic, and connective tissue stains.
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