fluorescin
/flʊəˈrɛsɪn/ /flɔːˈrɛsɪn/ /flʊˈrɛsɪn/(also fluorescine) Chemistry
noun
1A compound formed by the reduction of fluorescein.
- Fluorescin differs from fluorescein in having an oxygen atom replaced by a hydroxyl group, OH, and a carbon atom replaced by a CH group. Formula: C20H14O5..
2= fluorescein.
Origin
Late 19th century; earliest use found in Journal of the Chemical Society. From German Fluorescin from fluoresc- (in Fluorescenz, fluoresciren) + -in.
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