Etymology

lucigenin

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Today it means: An aromatic compound, bis-N-methylacridinium nitrate, that exhibits a bluish-green fluorescence. Full definition →

Latin lux
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  1. Latin · derived fromlux“light”
  2. English todaylucigenin

From Latin lux (“light”) -gen + -in.

Words from the same roots

Latinlux all →

luxluxonluciformlucigenlucigraphlucimeterlucule

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