Etymology

immunocytofluorescence

Today it means: The use of immunofluorescence to label cells Full definition →

English fluorescence ← Middle English sparston ← Old English spærstān
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  1. Proto-Indo-European*mey-
  2. Proto-Indo-European*moy-nós
  3. Proto-Italic*moinos
  4. Latinmūnus
  5. Proto-Indo-European*né
  6. Proto-Indo-European*n̥-
  7. Proto-Italic*n̥-
  8. Latinin-
  9. Latinin- -is
  10. Latinimmūnis
  11. Middle Frenchimmun
  12. Englishimmune
  13. Englishimmuno-
  14. Ancient Greekκύτος (kútos)
  15. Englishcyto-
  16. Proto-Indo-European*bʰel-
  17. Proto-Indo-European*bʰlewH-
  18. Proto-Indo-European*bʰluH-yé-ti?
  19. Latinfluō
  20. Latinfluor
  21. Englishfluor
  22. Englishfluorite
  23. Middle Low Germanspar
  24. Old Englishspærstān
  25. Middle Englishsparston
  26. Englishsparstonebf.
  27. Englishspar
  28. Englishfluorspar
  29. Englishfluorescence
  30. English todayimmunocytofluorescence

From immuno- + cyto- + fluorescence.

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