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Definition of Safranine

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

Definition of Safranine

1. n. An orange-red nitrogenous dyestuff produced artificially by oxidizing certain aniline derivatives, and used in dyeing silk and wool; also, any one of the series of which safranine proper is the type.

Definition of Safranine

1. Noun. any of a class of red to blue azine dyes ¹

¹ Source: wiktionary.com

Definition of Safranine

1. [n -S]

Medical Definition of Safranine

1. An orange-red nitrogenous dyestuff produced artificailly by oxidizing certain aniline derivatives, and used in dyeing silk and wool; also, any one of the series of which safranine proper is the type. Origin: So called because used as a substitute for safranin. Source: Websters Dictionary (01 Mar 1998)

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Literary usage of Safranine

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

1. A Dictionary of Applied Chemistry by Thomas Edward Thorpe (1921)
"A better method is to produce these safranine dyes by oxidising a mixture ... of compounds of basic dyes of the safranine series by converting the dyes or ..."

2. The American Journal of the Medical Sciences by Southern Society for Clinical Investigation (U.S.) (1889)
"3, 211, 1889) recommends that as a test for sugar 1 cc. of urine be boiled with 5 cc. of a solution of safranine (1:1000) and 2 cc. of a solution of caustic ..."

3. The American Chemist by Charles Frederick Chandler (1873)
"The sulphate of safranine is a rather soluble salt ; only in the most ... All the salts of safranine exhibit a very characteristic reaction ; on adding ..."

4. The Encyclopedia Americana: A Library of Universal Knowledge (1918)
"If there be added to the printing mixture such mordants and coloring matters as are not affected by reduc- ing-agents, for example, safranine, ..."

5. The Year-book for Colorists and Dyers: Presenting a Review of the Year's by Herman A Metz (1907)
"0 By SA, CT safranine G O. safranine G extra A, Math SA, CT safranine GGF, ... safranine MN, NY PK SA, CT safranine NT Math SA, CT safranine 0 Mz, Math SA, ..."

6. Dyeing and Calico Printing: Including an Account of the Most Recent by Frederick Crace Calvert, John Stenhouse, Charles Edward Groves (1876)
"The most characteristic reaction of safranine is, that when concentrated ... safranine. safranine may be printed by thickening the paste with twenty parts ..."

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