Meanings
verbphotoinactivate (third-person singular simple present photoinactivates, present participle photoinactivating, simple past and past participle photoinactivated)
present singular third person photoinactivates · participle present photoinactivating · participle past photoinactivated · past photoinactivated
- To cause, or to undergo photoinactivation
Origin
- Proto-Indo-European*bʰeh₂-
- Proto-Indo-European*bʰéh₂os
- Proto-Hellenic*pʰáwos
- Ancient Greekφᾰ́ος (phắos)
- Ancient Greekφῶς (phôs)
- Ancient Greekφωτο- (phōto-)
- Englishphoto-
- Proto-Indo-European*né
- Proto-Indo-European*n̥-
- Proto-Italic*n̥-
- Latinin-
- Proto-Indo-European*h₂eǵ-
- Proto-Indo-European*h₂éǵeti
- Proto-Italic*agō
- Latinagō
- Ancient Greekἐνεργητικός (energētikós)
- Latināctīvus
- Latinināctīvu
- Frenchinactif
- Englishinactive
- Englishinactivate
- Englishphotoinactivate
From photo- + inactivate.
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APA
photoinactivate. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 4, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/photoinactivate
MLA
“photoinactivate.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/photoinactivate. Accessed November 4, 2026.
Chicago
WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “photoinactivate,” accessed November 4, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/photoinactivate.
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