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Words, grammatical forms and meanings linked to the ontology.

photolyse en · VERB

Etymology

Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *bʰeh₂- Proto-Indo-European *-os Proto-Indo-European *bʰéh₂os Proto-Hellenic *pʰáwos Ancient Greek φᾰ́ος (phắos) Ancient Greek φῶς (phôs) Ancient Greek φωτο- (phōto-)der. English photo- English lyse English photolyse From photo- + lyse.

Meanings

  1. To cause photolysis.
    • Then, fluorophores were photolysed by a high-intensity light pulse and influx was monitored at the initial low beam power. 1986, I. Lang et al., “Molecular mobility and nucleocytoplasmic flux in hepatoma cells”, in Journal of Cell Biology, volume 102:

Forms

SpellingFeaturesLabelsSource
photolyze alternative lexicographic
photolysing Tense=Pres, VerbForm=Part lexicographic
photolysed Tense=Past, VerbForm=Part lexicographic
photolysed Tense=Past lexicographic
photolyses Number=Sing, Person=3, Tense=Pres lexicographic

Deriveds

unphotolysed · photolysable

Relateds

photolytic · photolysis