BASIC DYE

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does basic dye mean? 

• BASIC DYE (noun)
  The noun BASIC DYE has 1 sense:

1. a dye that is considered to be a base because the chromophore is part of a positive ion

  Familiarity information: BASIC DYE used as a noun is very rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• BASIC DYE (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

A dye that is considered to be a base because the chromophore is part of a positive ion

Classified under:

Nouns denoting substances

Synonyms:

basic color; basic colour; basic dye

Hypernyms ("basic dye" is a kind of...):

dye; dyestuff (a usually soluble substance for staining or coloring e.g. fabrics or hair)

 Context examples 

A malignant epithelial neoplasm of the anterior pituitary gland in which the neoplastic cells stain positive with acidic and basic dyes.

(Pituitary Gland Mixed Acidophil-Basophil Carcinoma, NCI Thesaurus)

Granular leukocytes characterized by a relatively pale-staining, lobate nucleus and cytoplasm containing coarse dark-staining granules of variable size and stainable by basic dyes.

(Murine Basophils, NLM, Medical Subject Headings)

A cell whose cytoplasm or granules stain readily with basic dyes.

(Basophilic Cell, NCI Thesaurus)

A benign tumor of the anterior pituitary in which the cells do not stain with acidic or basic dyes.

(Pituitary Gland Chromophobe Adenoma, NLM, Medical Subject Headings)

An epithelial neoplasm of the anterior pituitary gland in which the neoplastic cells stain positive with acidic and basic dyes.

(Pituitary Gland Mixed Acidophil-Basophil Adenoma, NCI Thesaurus)

An epithelial neoplasm of the anterior pituitary gland in which the neoplastic cells do not stain with acidic or basic dyes.

(Pituitary Gland Chromophobe Adenoma, NCI Thesaurus)

An epithelial neoplasm of the anterior pituitary gland in which the neoplastic cells stain positive with basic dyes.

(Pituitary Gland Basophil Adenoma, NCI Thesaurus)

A nucleated red blood cell that stains readily with basic dye.

(Basophilic Erythroblast, NCI Thesaurus)

A malignant epithelial neoplasm of the anterior pituitary gland in which the neoplastic cells stain positive with basic dyes.

(Basophilic Adenocarcinoma, NCI Thesaurus)

A synthetic basic dye.

(Methylene Blue, NCI Thesaurus)