isocyanine

noun

iso·​cyanine

"+

: any of several simple cyanine dyes in whose structure the carbon atom joining the two quinoline or other heterocyclic rings is attached at different positions in the two rings

Word History

Etymology

International Scientific Vocabulary is- + cyanine

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