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fuchsin

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fuchsin /fuch·sin/ (fūk´sin) any of several red to purple dyes, sometimes specifically basic f.
acid fuchsin  a mixture of sulfonated fuchsins; used in various complex stains.
basic fuchsin  a histologic stain, containing predominantly pararosaniline and rosaniline.

fuch·sin (fyksn) or fuch·sine (-sn, -sn)
n.
Any of various red to purple-red rosanilin dyes used as bacterial and histological stains.

fuchsin
any of several red to purple dyes.

acid fuchsin
a mixture of sulfonated fuchsins; used in various complex stains.
basic fuchsin
a histological stain, a mixture of pararosaniline, rosaniline and magenta II. Also, a mixture of rosaniline and pararosaniline hydrochlorides used as a local anti-infective.


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Semithin (1 to 2 pm) sections were cut with glass knives on an ultramicrotome and stained with toluidine blue and basic fuchsin for light microscopic examination with bright-field and differential interference contrast optics.
Fuchsin fluorescence and autofluorescence in Cryptosporidium, Isospora and Cyclospora oocysts.
They were stained with Kinyoun's carbol fuchsin modified acid-fast stain and examined by oil immersion microscopy.
 
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