Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

phloxine

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 0.00 in modern English

Syllables: phlox-ine
IPA

20

Scrabble Score

8

Letters

2

Syllables

8

Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

A red dye used in the hematoxylin-phloxine-saffron stain ("HPS stain"), commonly employed in performing an eosinophil count by hemocytometer.

Countable; Uncountable

Example Sentences

"Eosin Y, eosin B, phloxine and erythrosin (which unlike other eosins, is halogenated with iodine), are the common members of this group of dyes."

Usage

Inflected Forms

phloxines (plural)

Questions

What does phloxine mean?: A red dye used in the hematoxylin-phloxine-saffron stain ("HPS stain"), commonly employed in performing an eosinophil count by hemocytometer.

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