lucigenin

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noun

An aromatic compound, bis-N-methylacridinium nitrate, that exhibits a bluish-green fluorescence.

OriginLatin lux →
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Meanings

nounlucigenin (uncountable)
  1. uncountablebiochemistryAn aromatic compound, bis-N-methylacridinium nitrate, that exhibits a bluish-green fluorescence.

Origin

  1. Latinlux“light”
  2. Englishlucigenin

From Latin lux (“light”) -gen + -in.

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