Definitions for auramine

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auramine au·ra·mine

Spelling: [awr-uh-meen, -min]

IPA: /ˈɔr əˌmin, -mɪn/

Auramine is a 8 letter English word.

You can make 288 anagrams from letters in auramine (aaeimnru).

Definitions for auramine

noun

1. a yellow, crystalline solid, C 17 H 22 ClN 3 , soluble in water, alcohol, and ether, used chiefly as a dye for paper and leather.

Origin of auramine

1880-85; Latin aur(um) gold + amine

Examples for auramine

One of these dyes is a fine basic yellow known as “auramine,” which is a derivative of diphenylmethane.

It is interesting to notice that this irregularity sometimes occurs with soluble dyes, as for example in the case of auramine.