autofluorescence

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English

Etymology

From auto- +‎ fluorescence.

Noun

autofluorescence (usually uncountable, plural autofluorescences)

  1. (biology, microscopy) Self-induced fluorescence.
  2. (biology, microscopy) The fluorescence of substances other than the fluorophore of interest.

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