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From uranium + -in, from its yellowish-green fluorescence, resembling that of uranium glass.
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uranin
Today it means: An alkaline salt of fluorescein, used as a brownish-red dye. Full definition →
Today it means: An alkaline salt of fluorescein, used as a brownish-red dye. Full definition →
From uranium + -in, from its yellowish-green fluorescence, resembling that of uranium glass.
Etymology from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.