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Webster 1913 Edition


Haematoxylin

Haemˊa-tox′y-lin

(-tŏks′ĭ-lĭn)
,
Noun.
[See
Haematoxylon
.]
(Chem.)
The coloring principle of logwood. It is obtained as a yellow crystalline substance,
C16H14O6
, with a sweetish taste. Formerly called also
hematin
.

Definition 2024


haematoxylin

haematoxylin

See also: hæmatoxylin

English

Noun

haematoxylin (countable and uncountable, plural haematoxylins)

  1. (British) Alternative spelling of hematoxylin