Synonyms/Hypernyms (Ordered by Estimated Frequency) of noun methylene_blue

1 sense of methylene blue

Sense 1
methylene blue, methylthionine chloride -- (a dark green dye used as a stain, an antiseptic, a chemical indicator, and an antidote in cyanide poisoning)
       => stain -- ((microscopy) a dye or other coloring material that is used in microscopy to make structures visible)
       => thiazine -- (a compound made up of a ring of four carbon atoms and one sulfur atom and one nitrogen atom)