Medical Dictionary

Martius yellow

noun Mar·ti·us yellow \ˈmär-sh(ē-)əs-\

Medical Definition of MARTIUS YELLOW

:  a yellow dye C10H6N2O5 that is used chiefly as a biological stain

Biographical Note for MARTIUS YELLOW

Martius, Carl Alexander von (1838–1920), German chemist. Martius was involved in the synthetic organic dye industry, having been one of the founders of an aniline dye factory in Berlin in 1867.

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