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acriflavine Med.|ækrɪˈfleɪvɪn|
[irreg. f. acridine + flavine.]
An orange-red, odourless powder, used as an antiseptic for wounds, cuts, etc.
1917C. H. Browning et al. in Brit. Med. Jrnl. 21 July 71/1 The unsubstituted 3.6-diamino-10-methyl-acridium compound—‘flavine’, now called ‘acriflavine’. 1918Lancet 16 Feb. 257/1 Acriflavine has a very marked bactericidal inhibiting action on streptococci and a less marked on staphylococci. 1943Endeavour Apr. 41/2 It had been shown that acriflavine or proflavine need not kill trout ova which they nevertheless sterilize. 1954Heilbron & Bunbury Dict. Org. Comp. (rev. ed.) I. 28/2 Acriflavine (Trypaflavine) C14H15N3Cl2..commercial product usually contains a proportion of the unmethylated base (hydrochloride). |