methylene blue (redirected from methylene blue dye binding test)

blue (bloo)

1. a color between green and indigo, produced by energy with wavelengths between 420 and 490 nm.

2. a dye or stain with this color.

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aniline blue  a mixture of the trisulfonates of triphenyl rosaniline and of diphenyl rosaniline.

brilliant cresyl blue  an oxazin dye, usually C15H16N3OCl, used in staining blood.

methylene blue  dark green crystals or crystalline powder with a bronzelike luster; used in the treatment of methemoglobinemia and of cyanide poisoning, and as a bacteriologic stain and an indicator.

Prussian blue  an amorphous blue powder, Fe4[Fe(CN)6]3, used as a stain.

toluidine blue , toluidine blue O the chloride salt or zinc chloride double salt of aminodimethylaminotoluphenazthionium chloride; useful as a stain for demonstrating basophilic and metachromatic substances.

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methylene blue

n.

A basic aniline dye that forms a deep blue solution when dissolved in water and is used as a bacteriological stain and as an antidote for cyanide poisoning.

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Methylene blue

A dye that is used to stain the blood cells for the reticulocyte count.

Mentioned in: Reticulocyte Count

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methylene blue

[meth′əlēn]

a bluish-green crystalline substance used as a histologic stain and a laboratory indicator. It is also used in the treatment of cyanide poisoning and methemoglobinemia.

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methylene blue

(meth´lēn´),
n a bluish-green crystalline substance used as a histologic stain and as a laboratory indicator. It is also used in the treatment of cyanide poisoning and methemoglobinemia.

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methylene blue

a synthetic organic compound, in dark green crystals or lustrous crystalline powder, used in treatment of methemoglobinemia, as an antidote in cyanide poisoning, as a stain in pathology and bacteriology, and as an antiseptic.

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methylene blue dye binding test

see sabin-feldmann dye test.

new methylene blue stain

see new methylene blue stain.