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autofluorescence
autofluorescence n. 
/ˌɔːtə(ʊ)flɔːˈrɛsns/, /ˌɔːtə(ʊ)flᵿˈrɛsns/, /ˌɔdoʊflɔˈrɛs(ə)ns/, /ˌɑdoʊflᵿˈrɛs(ə)ns/, /ˌɑdoʊflɔˈrɛs(ə)ns/ [after French self-fluorescence (1914 in the passage translated in quot. 1916; apparently < English)] chiefly Biology fluorescence caused by a substance occurring naturally in a material, esp. a tissue or biological sample, rather than by a fluorescent stain introduced into it.
Brit. /ˌɔːtə(ʊ)flʊəˈrɛsns/
, /ˌɔːtə(ʊ)flʊəˈrɛsns//ˌɔːtə(ʊ)flɔːˈrɛsns//ˌɔːtə(ʊ)flᵿˈrɛsns/U.S. /ˌɔdoʊflᵿˈrɛs(ə)ns/
, /ˌɔdoʊflᵿˈrɛs(ə)ns//ˌɔdoʊflɔˈrɛs(ə)ns//ˌɑdoʊflᵿˈrɛs(ə)ns//ˌɑdoʊflɔˈrɛs(ə)ns/ΚΠ
1916 D. L. Hammick tr. J. Perrin Atoms viii. 187 Mme. Curie obtained..products that became, as their purification progressed, more and more radioactive, then luminous by auto-fluorescence [Fr. self-fluorescence].
1953 A. G. E. Pearse Histochem. v. 89 Staining with thiazine dyes shows a strict and invariable orthochromasia, but the fibres, though isotropic by polarized light, possess a strong yellowish autofluorescence in ultraviolet light.
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- cliff climber
- cliff climbing
- cliff dive
- cliff diver
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- cliff edge
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