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Definition of Safranin

1. Noun. Any of a class of chiefly red organic dyes.

Definition of Safranin

1. n. An orange-red dyestuff extracted from the saffron.

Definition of Safranin

1. Noun. A biological stain used in histology and cytology. ¹

¹ Source: wiktionary.com

Definition of Safranin

1. a red dye [n -S]

Medical Definition of Safranin

1. An orange-red dyestuff extracted from the saffron. A red dyestuff extracted from the safflower, and formerly used in dyeing wool, silk, and cotton pink and scarlet. Synonym: Spanish red, China lake, and carthamin. An orange-red dyestuff prepared from certain nitro compounds of creosol, and used as a substitute for the safflower dye. Source: Websters Dictionary (01 Mar 1998)

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Literary usage of Safranin

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1. Pathological technique by Frank Burr Mallory, James Homer Wright (1901)
"safranin can be used after any of the above fixing reagents. Other useful stains are carbol-fuchsin and aniline-gentian- violet, used in the same way as the ..."

2. Laboratory and Field Manual of Botany by Joseph Young Bergen, Bradley Moore Davis (1907)
"Protonema, common in greenhouses, frequently forms buds in great numbers, safranin, carried with care into balsam. Aspidium. ..."

3. A Guide to the Microscopic Examination of the Eye by Richard Greeff (1902)
"I Absolute alcohol . . . .100 Distilled water . . . .100 The safranin is dissolved in the alcohol, and the water is then added. ..."

4. Laboratory Exercises in Botany by Edson Sewell Bastin (1894)
"safranin Solution.—Anilin-water safranin is the best preparation for most purposes. It consists of equal parts by volume of ..."

5. Pathological Technique: A Practical Manual for Workers in Pathological by Frank Burr Mallory, James Homer Wright (1918)
"safranin can be used after any of the above fixing reagents. Other useful stains are carbol-fuchsin and aniline-methyl- violet, used in the same way as the ..."

6. Journal of Applied Microscopy by Bausch & Lomb Optical Company (1900)
"Fixed in chromo-acetic acid and stained in safranin- gentian violet-orange. D. Lilium tigrinum. '• 505. Pollen grain showing tube nucleus in the middle and ..."

7. Pathological Technique: A Practical Manual for Workers in Pathological by Frank Burr Mallory, James Homer Wright (1908)
"Saturated alcoholic solution of gentian-violet, 10 cc; 5 per cent. carbolic-acid water, 90 " safranin.—Two of the many preparations by this name have been ..."

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