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Definition of Crystal violet

1. Noun. A green crystal (violet in water) used as a dye or stain or bactericide or fungicide or anthelmintic or burn treatment.

Definition of Crystal violet

1. Noun. A dye, derived from gentian violet, that is used as an acid-base indicator and as a biological stain. ¹

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Medical Definition of Crystal violet

1. Hexamethylpararosanilin chloride;a compound that has been used in the external treatment of burns, wounds, and fungal infections of skin and mucous membranes, and internally for pinworm and certain fluke infections; used also as a stain for chromatin, amyloid, platelets in blood, fibrin, and neuroglia, and to differentiate among bacteria. Synonym: methylrosaniline chloride. (05 Mar 2000)

Lexicographical Neighbors of Crystal Violet

Literary usage of Crystal violet

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. A Text-book of Organic Chemistry by Arnold Frederik. Holleman (1920)
"When an equivalent quantity of an alkali is added to a salt of crystal-violet, the liquid still remains coloured, has a strong alkaline reaction, ..."

2. Allen's Commercial Organic Analysis: A Treatise on the Properties, Modes of by Alfred Henry Allen (1911)
"crystal violet, Violet C, crystal violet 5 BO, or crystal violet O is the hydrochloride of ... crystal violet forms long hexagonal prisms or pyramids. ..."

3. Journal of the American Chemical Society by American Chemical Society (1914)
"Examination with a dark-field ultramicro- scope of acidic, neutral and alkaline solutions of crystal-violet showed that only in the last case is this ..."

4. International Medical and Surgical Surveyby American Institute of Medicine by American Institute of Medicine (1922)
"It was found, in the first series of studies of this subject, that crystal violet and methyl violet 613 were fair substitutes for gentian violet in the Gram ..."

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