photostimulationn.
/ˌfəʊtəʊstɪmjᵿˈleɪʃn/, U.S. /ˈˌfoʊdoʊˌstɪmjəˈleɪʃ(ə)n/ Biology and Chemistry.
Stimulation by means of light.
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photostimulation1914
photoproduction1950
photostimulating1967
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photostimulation1914
photostimulating1967
1914 Proc. Royal Soc. B. 88 265 The unification of our views respecting the photo-stimulation of the sensitive salt.
1937 Jrnl. Exper. Biol. 14 86 Many shallow-water teleosts,..when blinded, show a pigmentary response to photostimulation.
1959 D. S. Farner in R. B. Withrow Photoperiodism x. 724 These investigations suggest that photostimulation of gonadal development does not involve entirely the same receptors as are involved in vision.
1980 Jrnl. Org. Chem. 45 1239 The enolate anion of N-acetylmorpholine was soluble and good yields of substitution products were obtained under photostimulation.
2002 Feedstuffs (Nexis) 2 Sept. 9 They studied the effect of in ovo monochromatic green light photostimulation.
This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, March 2006; most recently modified version published online March 2022).
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