hematoxylin

hematoxylin
hematoxylic /hee'meuh tok sil"ik, hem'euh-/, adj.
/hee'meuh tok"seuh lin, hem'euh-/, n.
a colorless or pale-yellow, crystalline compound, C16H14O63H2O, the coloring material of logwood: used as a mordant dye and as an indicator.
[1840-50; HEMATO- + XYL- + -IN2]

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