Definition of Rhodamines

1. Noun. (plural of rhodamine) ¹

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Definition of Rhodamines

1. rhodamine [n] - See also: rhodamine

Medical Definition of Rhodamines

1. A family of 3,6-di(substituted-amino)-9-benzoate derivatives of xanthene that are used as dyes and as indicators for various metals; also used as fluorescent tracers in histochemistry. Pharmacological action: fluorescent dyes. (12 Dec 1998)

Lexicographical Neighbors of Rhodamines

rhizotaxis
rhizotomies
rhizotomist
rhizotomists
rhizotomy
rhizotron
rhizoxin
rho
rho(d) immune globulin
rhoA p21 geranylgeranyltransferase
rho factor
rho gene
rhodamin
rhodamine
rhodamine B
rhodamines (current term)
rhodamins
rhodammonium
rhodanate
rhodanates
rhodanese
rhodanic
rhodanic acid
rhodanic acids
rhodanine
rhodanthe
rhodarsenide
rhodation
rhodeoretin

Literary usage of Rhodamines

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

1. Coal Tar Dyes and Intermediates by Edward de Barry Barnett (1919)
"... AND rhodamines. Phenols condense with phthalic anhydride with loss of water and formation of triphenyl methane derivatives. In the case of phenol itself ..."

2. Synthetic Colouring Matters: Dyestuffs Derived from Pyridine, Quinoline by John Theodore Hewitt (1922)
"Intermediate between fluorescein with its two hydroxyl groups and the rhodamines with their two (usually substituted) amino-groups exists a class o£ ..."

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