n :  a yellow or red crystalline dye C₂₀H₁₂O₅ with a bright yellow-green fluorescence in alkaline solution that is used as the sodium salt as an aid in diagnosis (as of lesions and foreign bodies in the cornea or of brain tumors) .
 
 
 
Similar sounding terms:  phlo·ri·zin 
 
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