Definitions for fuchsins

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fuchsins fuch·sin

Spelling: [foo k-sin]

IPA: /ˈfʊk sɪn/

Fuchsins is a 8 letter English word. It's valid Scrabble word worth 15 points. It's valid Words with friends word worth 17 points.

You can make 146 anagrams from letters in fuchsins (cfhinssu).

Definitions for fuchsins

noun

1. a greenish, water-soluble, solid, coal-tar derivative, obtained by the oxidation of a mixture of aniline and the toluidines, that forms deep-red solutions: used chiefly as a dye.
2. a greenish, water-soluble, solid, coal-tar derivative, obtained by the oxidation of a mixture of aniline and the toluidines, that forms deep-red solutions: used chiefly as a dye.

Origin of fuchsins

First recorded in 1860-65; fuchs(ia) + -in²

Examples for fuchsins

If the bacilli are stained red with fuchsin, the background should be made blue.

This layer may be quite thin and evident only when treated with fuchsin or Bismarck brown, or it may be of considerable thickness.

Wines often contain coloring matters which at once completely arrest digestion, such as methylin blue and fuchsin.

This resembles that for the tubercle bacillus, viz., drying on a cover glass and staining with fuchsin or methyl-olin.

This layer may be quite thin and evident only when treated with fuchsin or Bismarck brown, or it may be of considerable thickness.

If the bacilli are stained red with fuchsin, the background should be made blue.

Wines often contain coloring matters which at once completely arrest digestion, such as methylin blue and fuchsin.

This resembles that for the tubercle bacillus, viz., drying on a cover glass and staining with fuchsin or methyl-olin.