acridine orange

noun

A cationic dye, prepared from coal tar and creosote oil, often used in epifluorescence microscopy.

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nounacridine orange (uncountable)
  1. uncountablechemistryA cationic dye, prepared from coal tar and creosote oil, often used in epifluorescence microscopy.
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