Meanings
nounphotosensitizer (plural photosensitizers)
plural photosensitizers
- chemistryA molecular or atomic species that initiates a photochemical reaction
Origin
- Proto-Indo-European*bʰeh₂-
- Proto-Indo-European*bʰéh₂os
- Proto-Hellenic*pʰáwos
- Ancient Greekφᾰ́ος (phắos)
- Ancient Greekφῶς (phôs)
- Ancient Greekφωτο- (phōto-)
- Englishphoto-
- Englishsensitive
- Englishsensitize
- Englishsensitizer
- Englishphotosensitizer
From photo- + sensitizer.
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photosensitizer. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 5, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/photosensitizer
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“photosensitizer.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/photosensitizer. Accessed November 5, 2026.
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WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “photosensitizer,” accessed November 5, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/photosensitizer.
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