FLUOROCHROME

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does fluorochrome mean? 

• FLUOROCHROME (noun)
  The noun FLUOROCHROME has 1 sense:

1. any of various fluorescent substances used in fluorescence microscopy to stain specimens

  Familiarity information: FLUOROCHROME used as a noun is very rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• FLUOROCHROME (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

Any of various fluorescent substances used in fluorescence microscopy to stain specimens

Classified under:

Nouns denoting substances

Hypernyms ("fluorochrome" 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 "fluorochrome"):

fluorescein isocyanate; fluorescein isothiocyanate (a fluorochrome commonly conjugated with antibodies for use in indirect immunofluorescence)

 Context examples 

The simultaneous hybridization of multiple chromosome painting probes, each tagged with a specific fluorochrome or fluorochrome combination, has resulted in the differential color display of chromosomes, i.e. spectral or color karyotyping.

(Chromosome Painting, NCI Thesaurus)

The chloride salt of ethidium (a fluorochrome), Ethidium Chloride intercalates within double-stranded nucleic acids, particularly DNA.

(Homidium Chloride, NCI Thesaurus)

Fluorescence gives fluorochromes imaging characteristics and are used to label or stain biological structures.

(Fluorochrome Dye, NCI Thesaurus)