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AZO DYE
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Dictionary entry overview: What does azo dye mean?
• AZO DYE (noun)
The noun AZO DYE has 1 sense:
1. any dye containing one or more azo groups
Familiarity information: AZO DYE used as a noun is very rare.
Dictionary entry details
Sense 1
Meaning:
Any dye containing one or more azo groups
Classified under:
Nouns denoting substances
Hypernyms ("azo dye" is a kind of...):
dye; dyestuff (a usually soluble substance for staining or coloring e.g. fabrics or hair)
Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "azo dye"):
congo red (a red-brown azo dye especially as a chemical pH indicator (congo red is red in basic and blue in acidic solutions))
methyl orange (an azo dye used as an acid-base indicator; used for titrations involving weak bases)
Context examples
A synthetic organic azo dye used mainly in experimental research, carcinogenic o-Aminoazotoluene induces hepatomas, lung tumors, bladder tumors, and lung hemangioendotheliomas in animals when administered in the diet.
(o-Aminoazotoluene, NCI Thesaurus)
A Benzidine-based azo dye that is metabolized to free Benzidine in vivo.
(CI Direct Black 38, NCI Thesaurus)
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