CRYSTAL VIOLET


Meaning of CRYSTAL VIOLET in English

noun

Usage: often capitalized C&V

: a basic triphenylmethane dye consisting essentially of hexamethyl-pararosaniline chloride and used similarly to methyl violet and in medicine as an anthelmintic and bactericide and in the treatment of burns — called also gentian violet, methylrosaniline chloride ; see dye table I (under Basic Violet 3 and Solvent Violet 9 )

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