propidium
/prə(ʊ)ˈpɪdɪəm/Biochemistry
noun
A dye (more fully propidium iodide) which is a salt of a cation related to phenanthridine and is used as a fluorescent stain for DNA, to which it binds by intercalating between the bases.
- Formula: C27H34N4I2..
Origin
1960s. From prop- + -ide + -ium, after ethidium.
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