phloxine

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noun

A red dye used in the hematoxylin-phloxine-saffron stain ("HPS stain"), commonly employed in performing an eosinophil count by hemocytometer.

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Meanings

nounphloxine (countable and uncountable, plural phloxines)

plural phloxines

  1. countableuncountableA red dye used in the hematoxylin-phloxine-saffron stain ("HPS stain"), commonly employed in performing an eosinophil count by hemocytometer.

    Eosin Y, eosin B, phloxine and erythrosin (which unlike other eosins, is halogenated with iodine), are the common members of this group of dyes.

    2000, J. Ochei, A. Kolhatkar, Medical Laboratory Science: Theory And Practice, page 450
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