photodynamicallyadv.
/ˌfəʊtə(ʊ)dʌɪˈnamᵻkli/, U.S. /ˈˌfoʊdəˌdaɪˈnæmək(ə)li/ Science.
With regard to photodynamic or light-activated effects; by a photodynamic substance or process.
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1926 E. Mayer Clin. Applic. Sunlight v. 87 With the exception of toluene-red and indigo-carmine, all dyes which stained staphylococci well, and were not toxic for them, were photodynamically active.
1967 J. M. Hoskins Virol. Procedures xiii. 181 Neutral red is a photodynamically active dyestuff, and infected cells incubated in its presence in the light fail to yield normal plaques.
1990 AIDS Alert (Nexis) Mar. 56 The viruses are photodynamically inactivated by dyes that bind onto envelope viruses.
This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, March 2006; most recently modified version published online March 2022).
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