Definitions for methylene blue
methy·lene blue

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1. methylene blue, methylthionine chloridenoun

   a dark green dye used as a stain, an antiseptic, a chemical indicator, and an antidote in cyanide poisoning

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1. methylene bluenoun

   A heterocyclic aromatic chemical compound with many uses in biology and chemistry.

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1. Methylene blue

   Methylthioninium chloride, commonly called methylene blue, is a salt used as a dye and as a medication. Methylene blue is a thiazine dye. As a medication, it is mainly used to treat methemoglobinemia by converting the ferric iron in hemoglobin to ferrous iron. Specifically, it is used to treat methemoglobin levels that are greater than 30% or in which there are symptoms despite oxygen therapy. It has previously been used for treating cyanide poisoning and urinary tract infections, but this use is no longer recommended.Methylene blue is typically given by injection into a vein. Common side effects include headache, vomiting, confusion, shortness of breath, and high blood pressure. Other side effects include serotonin syndrome, red blood cell breakdown, and allergic reactions. Use often turns the urine, sweat, and stool blue to green in color. While use during pregnancy may harm the baby, not using it in methemoglobinemia is likely more dangerous.Methylene blue was first prepared in 1876, by Heinrich Caro. It is on the World Health Organization's List of Essential Medicines.

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1. methylene blue

   Methylene Blue is a synthetic organic compound used primarily as a redox indicator in various chemical reactions. It is a heterocyclic aromatic chemical compound with the molecular formula C16H18N3SCl. This dark green crystalline powder appears blue when dissolved in water or alcohol. It has multiple uses, including as a dye in the textile industry, as a medication to treat methemoglobinemia, as a bacteriologic stain, as an aquarium treatment for fungal infections, and in molecular biology to help visualize RNA or DNA under the microscope.

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1. Methylene blue

   Methylene blue is a heterocyclic aromatic chemical compound with the molecular formula C16H18N3SCl. It has many uses in a range of different fields, such as biology and chemistry. At room temperature it appears as a solid, odorless, dark green powder, that yields a blue solution when dissolved in water. The hydrated form has 3 molecules of water per molecule of methylene blue. Methylene blue should not be confused with methyl blue, another histology stain, new methylene blue, nor with the methyl violets often used as pH indicators. As an experimental pharmaceutical drug, the International Nonproprietary Name of methylene blue is methylthioninium chloride. Methylene blue was first prepared in 1876 by German chemist Heinrich Caro.

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1. Methylene Blue

   A compound consisting of dark green crystals or crystalline powder, having a bronze-like luster. Solutions in water or alcohol have a deep blue color. Methylene blue is used as a bacteriologic stain and as an indicator. It inhibits GUANYLATE CYCLASE, and has been used to treat cyanide poisoning and to lower levels of METHEMOGLOBIN.

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1. Chaldean Numerology

   The numerical value of methylene blue in Chaldean Numerology is: 8

2. Pythagorean Numerology

   The numerical value of methylene blue in Pythagorean Numerology is: 3

References

1. ^ Princeton's WordNet
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2. ^ Wiktionary
   https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/Methylene_Blue
3. ^ Wikipedia
   https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Methylene_Blue
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5. ^ Wikidata
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