dichlorofluorescin
Word Rarity
Very rare
Frequency: Zipf frequency 0.00 in modern English
29
Scrabble Score
18
Letters
4
Syllables
12
Unique Chars
Meaning
noun
A chemical compound, C₂₀H₁₀Cl₂O₅. that is commonly used as a fluorescent probe because it is converted to a fluorescent compound when it reacts with reactive oxygen species (ROS).
Etymology
From dichloro- + fluorescin.