| bengal | 1. A province in India, giving its name to various stuffs, animals, etc. 2. A thin stuff, made of silk and hair, originally brought from Bengal. 3. Striped gingham, originally brought from Bengal; Bengal stripes. Bengal light, a firework containing niter, sulphur, and antimony, and producing a sustained and vivid coloured light, used in making signals and in pyrotechnics; called also blue light. Bengal stripes, a kind of cotton cloth woven with coloured stripes. See Bengal. Bengal tiger. <zoology> See Tiger. Source: Websters Dictionary (01 Mar 1998) |
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| rose bengal | <chemical> 4,5,6,7-tetrachloro-3',6'-dihydroxy-2',4',5',7'-tetraiodospiro(isobenzofuran-1(3h),9'-(9h)xanthen)-3-one dipotassium salt. A bright bluish pink compound that has been used as a dye, biological stain, and diagnostic aid. Pharmacological action: fluorescent dyes. Chemical name: Rose Bengal (12 Dec 1998) |
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| rose bengal radioactive test | A test of liver function used as a means of measuring hepatic blood flow and for scintillation scanning of the liver to determine size and contour of the liver, or the presence of space-occupying masses in the liver. (05 Mar 2000) |