Meanings
nounautofluorescence (usually uncountable, plural autofluorescences)
plural autofluorescences
- uncountableusuallymicroscopybiologySelf-induced fluorescence.
- uncountableusuallymicroscopybiologyThe fluorescence of substances other than the fluorophore of interest.
Origin
- Proto-Indo-European*h₂ew
- Proto-Indo-European*tó-
- Proto-Hellenic*autós
- Proto-Indo-European*h₂ew
- Ancient Greekαὖ (aû)
- Ancient Greekτόν (tón)
- Ancient Greekαὐτός (autós)
- Ancient Greekαὐτο- (auto-)
- Englishauto-
- Proto-Indo-European*bʰel-
- Proto-Indo-European*bʰlewH-
- Proto-Indo-European*bʰluH-yé-ti?
- Latinfluō
- Latinfluor
- Englishfluor
- Englishfluorite
- Middle Low Germanspar
- Old Englishspærstān
- Middle Englishsparston
- Englishsparstonebf.
- Englishspar
- Englishfluorspar
- Englishfluorescence
- Englishautofluorescence
From auto- + fluorescence.
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autofluorescence. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/autofluorescence
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“autofluorescence.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/autofluorescence. Accessed November 3, 2026.
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WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “autofluorescence,” accessed November 3, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/autofluorescence.
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