acridine orange

noun

Definition of ACRIDINE ORANGE

: a basic orange dye structurally related to acridine and used especially to stain nucleic acids

circa 1909

Medical Dictionary

noun

: a basic orange dye structurally related to acridine and used especially to stain nucleic acids

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