methylene blue
Chemistry
noun
A basic phenothiazine dye that is used as a stain and indicator in microbiology and histology, as an antiseptic, and as a treatment for methaemoglobinaemia.
Origin
Late 19th century; earliest use found in Journal of the Chemical Society.
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