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Thionine
Thi′on-ine
,Noun.
[Gr. [GREEK] brimstone, sulphur.]
(Chem.)
An artificial red or violet dyestuff consisting of a complex sulphur derivative of certain aromatic diamines, and obtained as a dark crystalline powder; – called also
phenylene violet
. Definition 2024
thionine
thionine
English
Noun
thionine (countable and uncountable, plural thionines)
- (chemistry) An artificial red or violet dyestuff consisting of a complex sulfur derivative of certain aromatic diamines.
- (organic chemistry) The unsaturated nine-membered heterocycle having eight carbon atoms, one sulfur atom and four double bonds
Synonyms
- phenylene violet