Etymology

pyronine

P3Y4R1O1N1I1N1E1

Today it means: Any of a group of xanthene dyes used to stain RNA, especially in electrophoresis. Full definition →

German pyronin
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  1. German · learned borrowing frompyronin
  2. English todaypyronine

Learned borrowing from German pyronin. By surface analysis, pyrone + -ine.

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