basic fuchsin
[USP] a triphenylmethane dye, a mixture of rosaniline and pararosaniline hydrochlorides and magenta II, used in the form of carbolfuchsin in various stains for acid-fast bacteria, as an antifungal agent in carbolfuchsin topical solution, as a germicide, and as a histologic stain. Called also basic magenta.
Medical dictionary.
2011.