fluorescein isothiocyanate

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   a fluorochrome commonly conjugated with antibodies for use in indirect immunofluorescence

   Synonymsfluorescein isocyanate

   Broaderfluorochrome

Questions about fluorescein isothiocyanate

What does fluorescein isothiocyanate mean?

fluorescein isothiocyanate means "a fluorochrome commonly conjugated with antibodies for use in indirect immunofluorescence".

What is another word for fluorescein isothiocyanate?

Close synonyms include fluorescein isocyanate. Each sense on this page lists its own synonyms, because a word with several meanings rarely has one substitute that works for all of them.

Is fluorescein isothiocyanate a common word?

fluorescein isothiocyanate is banded "Rare" — specialist or archaic — most readers will not have met it. The band comes from how often the word appears in a large corpus of everyday English, not from an editor's impression.