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fluorescein

noun /fluərɛsiɪn/ 5 syllables 11 letters Scrabble 16 WWF 20
Definitions
noun

a yellow dye that is visible even when highly diluted; used as an absorption indicator when silver nitrate solution is added to sodium chloride in order to precipitate silver chloride (turns pink when no chloride ions are left in solution and negative fluorescein ions are then absorbed)

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