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Definition of: fluorescein
(fl′ə·res′ē·in) noun Chem.
A dark-red crystalline compound, C20H12O5, obtained by heating phthalic anhydride, and subsequent separation: used in medicine and in the making of dyestuffs. Also flu′o·res′ce·ine (-ēn).
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