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Methylene blue   /mˈɛθɪlˌin blu/   Listen
Methylene blue

noun
1.
A dark green dye used as a stain, an antiseptic, a chemical indicator, and an antidote in cyanide poisoning.  Synonym: methylthionine chloride.






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"Methylene blue" Quotes from Famous Books



... of an amoeboid cell. During sleep they may separate. The sublime ego wanders through nerve paths to the bowels, and the bowel experiences are the dreams." An experiment brought a definite proof of this. The druggist dyed some crackers deep blue with methylene blue, and later dreamed that a large train of blue food was passing by. As each carriage of the train corresponded to a granule of starch in the crackers, he was able to figure that the ego which saw those parts of the crackers ...
— Psychology and Social Sanity • Hugo Muensterberg



Words linked to "Methylene blue" :   methylthionine chloride, thiazine, stain



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