Meanings
- not comparableMore than usually fluorescent
1 more example
By computing simpler fractional change maps between early and late cSLO bleaching image sequences, we have observed decreased bleachable rhodopsin at hyperfluorescent lesion edges in a central Stargardt’s lesion as well as decreasing bleachable rhodopsin as one approaches the hypofluorescent centers of each reticular druse.
2015 July 22, “Modeling Photo-Bleaching Kinetics to Create High Resolution Maps of Rod Rhodopsin in the Human Retina”, in PLOS ONE, →DOI
Origin
- Proto-Indo-European*úp
- Proto-Indo-European*upér
- Proto-Hellenic*hupér
- Ancient Greekῠ̔πέρ (hŭpér)
- Ancient Greekῠ̔περ- (hŭper-)
- Englishhyper-
- 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
- Englishfluorescencebf.
- Englishfluoresce
- Englishfluorescent
- Englishhyperfluorescent
From hyper- + fluorescent.
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Rhymes with hyperfluorescent
Cite this entry
hyperfluorescent. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 2, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/hyperfluorescent
“hyperfluorescent.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/hyperfluorescent. Accessed November 2, 2026.
WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “hyperfluorescent,” accessed November 2, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/hyperfluorescent.
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