FLUORESCENT DYE

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does fluorescent dye mean? 

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

1. a yellow dye that is visible even when highly diluted; used as an absorption indicator when silver nitrate solution is added to sodium chloride in order to precipitate silver chloride (turns pink when no chloride ions are left in solution and negative fluorescein ions are then absorbed)

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

 Dictionary entry details 

• FLUORESCENT DYE (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

A yellow dye that is visible even when highly diluted; used as an absorption indicator when silver nitrate solution is added to sodium chloride in order to precipitate silver chloride (turns pink when no chloride ions are left in solution and negative fluorescein ions are then absorbed)

Classified under:

Nouns denoting substances

Synonyms:

fluorescein; fluoresceine; fluorescent dye; resorcinolphthalein

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

absorption indicator (an indicator used in reactions that involve precipitation)

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

Domain category:

solution (a homogeneous mixture of two or more substances; frequently (but not necessarily) a liquid solution)

Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "fluorescent dye"):

bromeosin; eosin (a red fluorescent dye resulting from the action of bromine on fluorescein; used in cosmetics and as a biological stain for studying cell structures)

 Context examples 

Pieces of DNA that contain a fluorescent dye are made in the laboratory and added to cells or tissues on a glass slide.

(FISH, NCI Dictionary)

A fluorescent dye of benzimidazole derivative.

(Pibenzimol, NCI Thesaurus)

For example, cells or tissue can be treated with a substance that contains a fluorescent dye.

(Fluorescence microscopy, NCI Dictionary)

A green-fluorescent dye that has the ability to penetrate apoptotic cells because of permeability changes associated with the loss in asymmetry of the plasma membrane.

(Monomeric Cyanine Dye, NCI Thesaurus)

These are made visible under a microscope by using a color reaction, a radioisotope, colloidal gold, or a fluorescent dye.

(Immunohistochemistry, NCI Dictionary)

A piece of DNA that has been labeled, usually radioactively or with a fluorescent dye, which is used in hybridization studies.

(DNA Probes, NCI Thesaurus)

A recombinant, human monoclonal antibody targeting an extracellular epitope of human prostate specific membrane antigen (PSMA) that is conjugated with a fluorescent dye A488, with potential imaging activity.

(Anti-PSMA Monoclonal Antibody MDX1201-A488, NCI Thesaurus)

An immunoconjugate comprised of the recombinant chimeric monoclonal antibody cetuximab conjugated to the N-hydroxysuccinamide (NHS) ester form of the near-infrared (NIR) fluorescent dye IRDye 800CW (cetuximab-IRDye 800) with potential imaging use.

(Cetuximab-IRDye 800CW, NCI Thesaurus)

Microscopy of specimens stained with fluorescent dye (usually fluorescein isothiocyanate) or of naturally fluorescent materials, which emit light when exposed to ultraviolet or blue light (From MSH 2001).

(Fluorescence microscopy, NCI Thesaurus)

A microscopy staining method that utilizes calcofluor, a fluorescent dye that preferentially stains chitin and cellulose on the cell walls of fungi, parasites, and some cysts of the Pneumocystis genus.

(Calcofluor White Staining Method, NCI Thesaurus)