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Noun: methylene blue  'me-thu,leen bloo
  1. A dark green dye used as a stain, an antiseptic, chemical indicator, and an antidote in cyanide poisoning
    "Methylene blue was administered to treat methemoglobinemia";
    - methylthionine chloride

Derived forms: methylene blues

Type of: stain, thiazine

Encyclopedia: Methylene blue