Definitions
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.
- noun A brown or orange powder, C14H14N3Cl, derived from acridine and used as a topical antiseptic.
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- noun medicine An
antimicrobial flavonoid dye derived fromacridine
Etymologies
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 4th Edition
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Examples
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Researchers have found that acriflavine has the previously unknown ability to halt the growth of new blood vessels.
Gaea Times (by Simple Thoughts) Breaking News and incisive views 24/7 Ians 2010
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November 7th, 2009 WASHINGTON - Drug, acriflavine, used in the 1930s for treating gonorrhea, has now been found beneficial in battling cancer, according to a new study at the Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine.
Gaea Times (by Simple Thoughts) Breaking News and incisive views 24/7 Ians 2010
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Researchers have found that acriflavine has the previously unknown ability to halt the growth of new blood vessels.
Gaea Times (by Simple Thoughts) Breaking News and incisive views 24/7 Ians 2010
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November 7th, 2009 WASHINGTON - Drug, acriflavine, used in the 1930s for treating gonorrhea, has now been found beneficial in battling cancer, according to a new study at the Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine.
Gaea Times (by Simple Thoughts) Breaking News and incisive views 24/7 Ians 2010
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November 7th, 2009 WASHINGTON - Drug, acriflavine, used in the 1930s for treating gonorrhea, has now been found beneficial in battling cancer, according to a new study at the Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine.
Gaea Times (by Simple Thoughts) Breaking News and incisive views 24/7 Ians 2010
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Researchers have found that acriflavine has the previously unknown ability to halt the growth of new blood vessels.
Gaea Times (by Simple Thoughts) Breaking News and incisive views 24/7 Ians 2010
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November 7th, 2009 WASHINGTON - Drug, acriflavine, used in the 1930s for treating gonorrhea, has now been found beneficial in battling cancer, according to a new study at the Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine.
Gaea Times (by Simple Thoughts) Breaking News and incisive views 24/7 2009
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Researchers have found that acriflavine has the previously unknown ability to halt the growth of new blood vessels.
Gaea Times (by Simple Thoughts) Breaking News and incisive views 24/7 2009
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Preliminary tests showed that mice engineered to develop cancer had no tumor growth if treated with daily injections of acriflavine.
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Fish breeders regularly add disinfectants, including methylene blue, acriflavine, hydrogen peroxide and chloramine-t to batches of eggs - particularly those of egg-depositing species, such as cichlids - in an attempt to prevent the broods becoming infected by pathogenic fungi.
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