| scarlet red | O-Tolylazo-o-tolylazo-beta-naphthol. An azo dye; a dark, brownish red powder, soluble in oils, fats, and chloroform, but insoluble in water; used in medicine as a vulnerary, in histology to stain fat in tissue sections and basic proteins at high pH, and in immunoelectrophoresis. Synonym: Biebrich scarlet red, medicinal scarlet red, scharlach red, Sudan IV. (05 Mar 2000) |
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| scarlet red sulfonate | An azo dye that has been used to stimulate healing of chronic superficial wounds and ulcers. (05 Mar 2000) |
| Biebrich scarlet red | Synonym: scarlet red. Origin: Biebrich, Germany (05 Mar 2000) |
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| medicinal scarlet red | O-Tolylazo-o-tolylazo-beta-naphthol. An azo dye; a dark, brownish red powder, soluble in oils, fats, and chloroform, but insoluble in water; used in medicine as a vulnerary, in histology to stain fat in tissue sections and basic proteins at high pH, and in immunoelectrophoresis. Synonym: Biebrich scarlet red, medicinal scarlet red, scharlach red, Sudan IV. (05 Mar 2000) |
| miniature scarlet fever | A reaction consisting of fever, nausea, vomiting, and a transient scarlatiniform rash that appears in a susceptible person when injected with the toxin of Streptococcus pyogenes. Origin: L. Minio, pp. Atus, to colour with minium, red-lead (05 Mar 2000) |
| scarlet | Of the colour called scarlet; as, a scarlet cloth or thread. <zoology> Scarlet admiral, the red admiral. See Red. <botany> Scarlet bean See Tanager. (01 Mar 1998) |
| scarlet fever | An acute illness, characterised by a reddish skin rash, which is caused by a systemic infection with the bacterium Streptococcus pyogenes. (09 Oct 1997) |
| scarlet fever antitoxin | Antitoxin specific for the erythrogenic toxin of strains of group A beta-haemolytic streptococci. (05 Mar 2000) |
| scarlet fever erythrogenic toxin | A culture filtrate of lysogenised group A strains of beta-haemolytic streptococci, erythrogenic when inoculated into the skin of susceptible persons, and neutralised by antibodies that appear during scarlet fever convalescence; three immunological types (A, B, and C) are recognised. Synonym: Dick test toxin, erythrogenic toxin, scarlet fever erythrogenic toxin. (05 Mar 2000) |
| human scarlet fever immune serum | Scarlet fever convalescent serum, obtained from healthy persons who have survived an attack of scarlet fever. (05 Mar 2000) |