| AZUR | <abbreviation> 6-azauridine. (05 Mar 2000) |
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| azure | Sky-blue; resembling the clear blue colour of the unclouded sky; cerulean; also, cloudless. <chemical> Azure stone, the lapis lazuli; also, the lazulite. Origin: F. & OSp. Azur, Sp. Azul, through Ar. From Per. Lajaward, or lajuward, lapis lazuli, a blue colour, lajawardi, lajuwardi, azure, cerulean, the initial l having been dropped, perhaps by the influence of the Ar. Azr-aq azure, blue. Cf. G. Lasur, lasurstein, azure colour, azure stone, and NL. Lapis lazuli. Source: Websters Dictionary (01 Mar 1998) |
| azure A | C14H14N3SCl; asymmetrical dimethylthionine chloride;a blue dye used as a component of MacNeal's tetrachrome blood stain and of Romanowsky-type blood stains; also used as a stain for mucins, nucleic acids, and mast cell granules; gives a metachromatic violet to red colour to highly acidic substances in tissues. (05 Mar 2000) |
| azure B | C15H16N3SCl; trimethylthionine chloride;a blue dye used like azure A; also as azure B bromide to give metachromatic staining of RNA and DNA. (05 Mar 2000) |
| azure C | C13H12N3SCl; monomethylthione chloride;a blue-violet thiazin dye used in the metachromatic staining of mucins and cartilage. (05 Mar 2000) |
| azure I | A mixture of azure A and B. Synonym: methylene azure. (05 Mar 2000) |
| azure II | A mixture of azure I and methylene blue; the eosinate, azure II-eosin, is the principal ingredient of Giemsa stain. (05 Mar 2000) |
| azure lunula of nails | Bluish nonblanching discoloration of the lunulae of all the fingernails in hepatolenticular degeneration. (05 Mar 2000) |
| azure stains | Green crystals or powder used as biological stains. (12 Dec 1998) |
| azureous | <zoology> Of a fine blue colour; azure. Source: Websters Dictionary (01 Mar 1998) |
| azuresin | A complex of azure A and carbacrylic resin; used as an indicator for the detection of gastric achlorhydria without intubation. Synonym: quinine carbacrylic resin. (05 Mar 2000) |
| azurin | 1. <protein> Blue copper containing protein from Pseudomonas aeruginosa 2. Histochemical dye. (18 Nov 1997) |
| azurine | <zoology> The blue roach of Europe (Leuciscus caeruleus); so called from its colour. Source: Websters Dictionary (01 Mar 1998) |
| azurite | <chemical> Blue carbonate of copper; blue malachite. Source: Websters Dictionary (01 Mar 1998) |
| azurophil | Staining readily with an azure dye, denoting especially the hyperchromatin and reddish purple granules of certain blood cells. Origin: azure + G. Philos, fond (05 Mar 2000) |