hyperfluorescence

noun

The quality of being hyperfluorescent.

OriginEnglish fluorescence ← Middle English sparston ← Old English spærstān →
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Meanings

nounhyperfluorescence (uncountable)
  1. uncountableThe quality of being hyperfluorescent.

    Progressive hyperfluorescence with late leakage was considered a sign of lesion activity.

    2015 December 17, “MHC Class I Chain-Related Gene A Polymorphisms and Linkage Disequilibrium with HLA-B and HLA-C Alleles in Ocular Toxoplasmosis”, in PLOS ONE, →DOI

Origin

  1. Proto-Indo-European*úp
  2. Proto-Indo-European*upér
  3. Proto-Hellenic*hupér
  4. Ancient Greekῠ̔πέρ (hŭpér)
  5. Ancient Greekῠ̔περ- (hŭper-)
  6. Englishhyper-
  7. Proto-Indo-European*bʰel-
  8. Proto-Indo-European*bʰlewH-
  9. Proto-Indo-European*bʰluH-yé-ti?
  10. Latinfluō
  11. Latinfluor
  12. Englishfluor
  13. Englishfluorite
  14. Middle Low Germanspar
  15. Old Englishspærstān
  16. Middle Englishsparston
  17. Englishsparstonebf.
  18. Englishspar
  19. Englishfluorspar
  20. Englishfluorescence
  21. Englishhyperfluorescence

From hyper- + fluorescence.

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APA

hyperfluorescence. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/hyperfluorescence

MLA

“hyperfluorescence.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/hyperfluorescence. Accessed November 3, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “hyperfluorescence,” accessed November 3, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/hyperfluorescence.

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