A synthetic violet dye derived from rosaniline, used as an antiseptic.
龙胆紫，甲紫（从蔷薇苯胺提取的合成紫色染料，用作抗菌剂）
she painted my wound with gentian violet
Example sentencesExamples
The isolated CD4 + T-cells are then stained with gentian violet and trypan blue.
Individuals were marked for recognition when necessary with gentian violet.
One of the oldest antifungal antiseptics available is gentian violet, which is very effective although extremely messy, staining everything it touches.
Some surgeons want to use bait point pens to mark the surgical site, but we have one surgeon who insists that gentian violet and methylene blue are the only two dyes approved to be used on a patient's skin.
For those who might be stimulated by this letter to try gentian violet for impetigo, the agent must be kept away from the cornea.
Definition of gentian violet in US English:
gentian violet
nounˈjenCHən ˈvī(ə)lət
A synthetic violet dye derived from rosaniline, used as an antiseptic.
龙胆紫，甲紫（从蔷薇苯胺提取的合成紫色染料，用作抗菌剂）
she painted my wound with gentian violet
Example sentencesExamples
Some surgeons want to use bait point pens to mark the surgical site, but we have one surgeon who insists that gentian violet and methylene blue are the only two dyes approved to be used on a patient's skin.
For those who might be stimulated by this letter to try gentian violet for impetigo, the agent must be kept away from the cornea.
Individuals were marked for recognition when necessary with gentian violet.
The isolated CD4 + T-cells are then stained with gentian violet and trypan blue.
One of the oldest antifungal antiseptics available is gentian violet, which is very effective although extremely messy, staining everything it touches.