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Definition of Azo dye

1. Noun. Any dye containing one or more azo groups.

Definition of Azo dye

1. Noun. (chemistry) any of a large number of yellow to red synthetic dyes that contain an azo or diimide (-N=N-) functional group. ¹

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Medical Definition of Azo dye

1. A dye in which the azo group is the chromophore and joins benzene or naphthalene rings. Includes a large number of biologic stains, such as Congo red and oil red O; used to promote epithelial growth in the treatment of ulcers, burns, and other wounds; many have anticoagulant action. (05 Mar 2007)

Lexicographical Neighbors of Azo Dye

Literary usage of Azo dye

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

1. The New Larned History for Ready Reference, Reading and Research: The Actual by Josephus Nelson Larned, Augustus Hunt Shearer (1922)
"Even in 1863, although its constitution was Dot then known, an azo-dye, aniline yellow, had been prepared and put on the market, with only a limited success ..."

2. Chemistry of Dye-stuffs by Georg von Georgievics (1903)
"Thus, the treatment of the azo dye-stuff Orange IV. (qv) gives several nitro ... azo dye-STUFFS. All substances which are constituted according to the type ..."

3. A French-English Dictionary for Chemists by Austin McDowell Patterson (1921)
"glacée, an azo dye produced on the fiber with the use of an iced diazo solution. — grand teint, fast color, fast dye. — grattée, pale color. ..."

4. The Chemical News and Journal of Industrial Science (1898)
"A DELICATE TEST FOR THE DETECTION OF A YELLOW azo dye USED FOR THE ARTIFICIAL ... Commercially, the yellow azo dye is generally used in conjunction with an ..."

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