English Explanatory Dictionary

photocage

English dictionary entry

Meanings

noun
  1. Any of several molecular species that can be activated by light; they are used especially in biochemistry to attach a molecule to a biologically active compound and then study its behaviour once activated.

Word forms

photocage photocages

Etymology

From photo- + cage.

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