acriflavine

acriflavine
/ak'reuh flay"vin, -veen/, n. Chem.
an orange-brown, granular solid, C14H14N3Cl: used chiefly in medicine as an antiseptic. Also called neutral acriflavine, euflavine, trypaflavine neutral.
[1915-20; ACRI(DINE) + -FLAVIN]

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▪ antiseptic and dye
      dye obtained from coal tar, introduced as an antiseptic in 1912 by the German medical-research worker Paul Ehrlich and used extensively in World War I to kill the parasites that cause sleeping sickness. The hydrochloride and the less irritating base, neutral acriflavine, both are odourless, reddish-brown powders used in dilute aqueous solutions primarily as topical antiseptics or given orally as urinary antiseptics. Once used in the treatment of gonorrhea, acriflavine has been replaced by the antibiotics.

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  • Acriflavine — is a topical antiseptic. It has the form of an orange or brown powder. It may be harmful in the eyes or if inhaled. It is a dye and it stains the skin and may irritate. Commercial preparations are often mixtures with proflavine. It is known under …   Wikipedia

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  • acriflavine hydrochloride — Chem. the reddish brown, crystalline, water soluble hydrochloride of acriflavine, used similarly. Also called trypaflavine, flavine. * * * …   Universalium

  • acriflavine hydrochloride — Chem. the reddish brown, crystalline, water soluble hydrochloride of acriflavine, used similarly. Also called trypaflavine, flavine …   Useful english dictionary

  • acriflavine — noun Etymology: acridine + flavine Date: 1917 a yellow dye C14H14N3Cl used as an antiseptic especially for wounds …   New Collegiate Dictionary

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  • acriflavine — n. brown powder used as an antiseptic (Chemistry) …   English contemporary dictionary

  • acriflavine — [ˌakrɪ fleɪvɪn, i:n] noun a bright orange red dye derived from acridine, used as an antiseptic. Origin early 20th cent.: from acridine + L. flavus yellow + ine4 …   English new terms dictionary

  • acriflavine — ac·ri·fla·vine …   English syllables

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