ACID FUCHSINE


Meaning of ACID FUCHSINE in English

noun

or acid magenta

Usage: often capitalized A&F&M

: an acid triphenylmethane dye that is now usually obtained by sulfonation of fuchsine and is used in the form of a salt chiefly in histology as a general cytoplasmic stain and for demonstration of special elements (as mitochondria) and in photographic films as an antihalation dye — see dye table I (under Acid Violet 19 )

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