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Main Entry:
Feul·gen Pronunciation:
'foil-g&n Function:
adjective : of, relating to, utilizing, or staining by the Feulgen reaction
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Feulgen, Robert Joachim (1884–1955), German biochemist. Feulgen introduced the Feulgen reaction in 1914. This reaction, which is specificfor DNA, transformed nucleic acid cytochemistry.