epifluorescencen.
/ˌɛpɪfluːəˈrɛsəns/ Microscopy.
Fluorescence emitted by an object in an optical microscope as a result of irradiation directed on the object from the same side as that from which it is viewed. Usually used attributively with reference to microscopy in which fluorescence is induced in this way.
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epifluorescence1973
1973 Trans. Amer. Microsc. Soc. 92 417 We examined the utility of acridine orange staining and epifluorescence microscopy..as a method for estimating bacterial numbers in natural waters.
1987 Nature 23 Apr. 791/1 Almost all the chloroplasts in the ciliates displayed red epifluorescence, which indicates that they contained chlorophyll a but not phycoerythrin.
1988 Blood 72 1393 Epifluorescence video microscopy coupled with digital image processing techniques..were used to analyse..the effect of one of the most potent carbamoylpiperidine congeners..on platelet accumulation at a collagen-coated surface.
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ˌepifluoˈrescent adj.
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the world > matter > light > light emitted under particular conditions > [adjective] > fluorescent > of an object in a microscope
epifluorescent1973
1973 Trans. Amer. Microsc. Soc. 92 418 Figure 1 shows the appearance of a typical field of an acridine orange-stained sample from natural water under epifluorescent illumination using a 40 × objective.
1988 Jrnl. Appl. Bacteriol. 64 329/2 The method proposed in this paper to aid the detection of irradiated food is a combination of the Direct Epifluorescent Filter Technique..described by Pettipher et al..and a total aerobic plate count.
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