FLUORESCEIN ISOTHIOCYANATE

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does fluorescein isothiocyanate mean? 

• FLUORESCEIN ISOTHIOCYANATE (noun)
  The noun FLUORESCEIN ISOTHIOCYANATE has 1 sense:

1. a fluorochrome commonly conjugated with antibodies for use in indirect immunofluorescence

  Familiarity information: FLUORESCEIN ISOTHIOCYANATE used as a noun is very rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• FLUORESCEIN ISOTHIOCYANATE (noun)

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Meaning:

A fluorochrome commonly conjugated with antibodies for use in indirect immunofluorescence

Classified under:

Nouns denoting substances

Synonyms:

fluorescein isocyanate; fluorescein isothiocyanate

Hypernyms ("fluorescein isothiocyanate" is a kind of...):

fluorochrome (any of various fluorescent substances used in fluorescence microscopy to stain specimens)

 Context examples 

A conjugate consisting of keyhole-limpet hemocyanin (KLH) and fluorescein isothiocyanate (FITC) with potential immunostimulating activity.

(KLH-FITC, NCI Thesaurus)

A conjugate consisting of fluorescein isothiocyanate (FITC) conjugated with folate with potential antineoplastic activity.

(Folate-FITC, NCI Thesaurus)

Microscopy of specimens stained with fluorescent dye (usually fluorescein isothiocyanate) or of naturally fluorescent materials, which emit light when exposed to ultraviolet or blue light (From MSH 2001).

(Fluorescence microscopy, NCI Thesaurus)