Definitions for uranin

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  1. uranin(Noun)

    An alkaline salt of fluorescein, used as a brownish-red dye.

  2. Origin: from its yellowish-green fluorescence, resembling that of uranium glass.

Webster Dictionary

  1. Uranin(noun)

    an alkaline salt of fluorescein, obtained as a brownish red substance, which is used as a dye; -- so called from the peculiar yellowish green fluorescence (resembling that of uranium glass) of its solutions. See Fluorescein


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