biofluorescence
nounEtymology
Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *gʷeyh₃-der. Ancient Greek βῐ́ος (bĭ́os) Ancient Greek βῐο- (bĭo-)der. English bio- Proto-Indo-European *bʰel-der. Proto-Indo-European *bʰlewH-der. Proto-Indo-European *bʰluH-yé-ti? Latin fluō Proto-Indo-European *-os Proto-Indo-European *-s Proto-Indo-European *-ōs Proto-Italic *-ōs Latin -or Latin fluorbor. English fluor Proto-Indo-European *-tósder. Ancient Greek -της (-tēs)der. Ancient Greek -ῑ́της (-ī́tēs)der. Latin -ītēsbor. French -iteder. English -ite English fluorite Middle Low German sparder. Old English spærstān Middle English sparston English sparstonebf. English spar blend English fluorspar Proto-Indo-European *-éh₁ti Proto-Indo-European *-sḱéti Proto-Indo-European *-éh₁sḱeti Proto-Italic *-ēskō Latin -ēscō Latin -escensder. English -escence English fluorescence English biofluorescence From bio- + fluorescence.
- derived from spærstān Middle English sparston English sparstonebf
- derived from -ite English fluorite Middle Low German sparder
- derived from -iteder
- derived from -ītēsbor
- derived from fluor Proto-Indo-European *-tósder
- derived from *bʰlewH-der✻
- derived from bio- Proto-Indo-European *bʰel-der
- derived from *gʷeyh₃-der✻
Definitions
The emission of previously absorbed light by fluorescent proteins in a living organism.
- The finding that biofluorescence is phylogenetically widespread and phenotypically variable in marine fishes highlights many interesting new questions as to the role of biofluorescence in groups with advanced visual capability.
The neighborhood
Vish — recursive loop
No curated loop yet for biofluorescence. Loops are being traced one word at a time while the ingestion pipeline matures.
sense glosses and etymology drawn from English Wiktionary · source · CC-BY-SA