biofluoresce

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English

Etymology

From bio- +‎ fluoresce.

Verb

biofluoresce (third-person singular simple present biofluoresces, present participle biofluorescing, simple past and past participle biofluoresced)

  1. To exhibit biofluorescence
    • 2015 November 12, “Adaptive Evolution of Eel Fluorescent Proteins from Fatty Acid Binding Proteins Produces Bright Fluorescence in the Marine Environment”, in PLOS ONE, →DOI:
      Marine organisms biofluoresce by absorbing the dominant blue light, and reemitting it at a longer, lower energy wavelength, visually resulting in green, orange, and red fluorescence.

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