FLUOROCHROME

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Meaning:

Any of various fluorescent substances used in fluorescence microscopy to stain specimens

Classified under:

Nouns denoting substances

Hypernyms ("fluorochrome" is a kind of...):

dye; dyestuff (a usually soluble substance for staining or coloring e.g. fabrics or hair)

Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "fluorochrome"):

fluorescein isocyanate; fluorescein isothiocyanate (a fluorochrome commonly conjugated with antibodies for use in indirect immunofluorescence)