AZO DYE

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does azo dye mean? 

• AZO DYE (noun)
  The noun AZO DYE has 1 sense:

1. any dye containing one or more azo groups

  Familiarity information: AZO DYE used as a noun is very rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• AZO DYE (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

Any dye containing one or more azo groups

Classified under:

Nouns denoting substances

Hypernyms ("azo dye" is a kind of...):

dye; dyestuff (a usually soluble substance for staining or coloring e.g. fabrics or hair)

Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "azo dye"):

congo red (a red-brown azo dye especially as a chemical pH indicator (congo red is red in basic and blue in acidic solutions))

methyl orange (an azo dye used as an acid-base indicator; used for titrations involving weak bases)

 Context examples 

A synthetic organic azo dye used mainly in experimental research, carcinogenic o-Aminoazotoluene induces hepatomas, lung tumors, bladder tumors, and lung hemangioendotheliomas in animals when administered in the diet.

(o-Aminoazotoluene, NCI Thesaurus)

A Benzidine-based azo dye that is metabolized to free Benzidine in vivo.

(CI Direct Black 38, NCI Thesaurus)