Meanings
nounphotoinactivation (usually uncountable, plural photoinactivations)
plural photoinactivations
- uncountableusuallyinactivation by means of light
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
- Englishinactivation
- Englishphotoinactivation
From photo- + inactivation.
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photoinactivation. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 4, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/photoinactivation
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“photoinactivation.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/photoinactivation. Accessed November 4, 2026.
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WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “photoinactivation,” accessed November 4, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/photoinactivation.
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