phloxine

English

Noun

phloxine (countable and uncountable, plural phloxines)

1. A red dye used in the hematoxylin-phloxine-saffron stain ("HPS stain"), commonly employed in performing an eosinophil count by hemocytometer.
   • 2000, J. Ochei, A. Kolhatkar, Medical Laboratory Science: Theory And Practice, page 450:

     Eosin Y, eosin B, phloxine and erythrosin (which unlike other eosins, is halogenated with iodine), are the common members of this group of dyes.