Plural form of cyanine; multiple compounds from the class of brilliant blue synthetic dyes used extensively in photography, microscopy, and molecular biology.
From cyanine + -s (plural marker). Cyanines form a family of related dyes with slight structural variations.
Modern cyanines aren't just used in old cameras—they're fundamental tools in today's medical imaging and DNA sequencing, so the dyes that let your grandparents take color photos are now helping doctors diagnose diseases and scientists read genetic code.
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