azacyanine

noun

aza·​cyanine

ˌazə +

variants or azacyanine dye

: any of a class of dyes differing from the cyanines in that the chain joining the heterocyclic rings contains one or more nitrogen atoms

Word History

Etymology

aza- + cyanine

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