photo-oxidativeadj.
/ˌfəʊtəʊˈɒksᵻdeɪtɪv/, U.S. /ˌfoʊdoʊˈɑksəˌdeɪdɪv/ Involving or characterized by photo-oxidation.
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photo-oxidative1926
1926 Bot. Gaz. 81 346 There is a definite relation between the fluorescence of chlorophyll and its photo-oxidative action.
1962 Industr. & Engin. Chem. Product Res. & Devel. 1 254/2 Resistance of the polymers to photooxidative attack was assessed by means of thickness loss measurements made by interferometry.
1976 Nature 13 May 169/2 A film exposed under high vacuum showed a dose response almost identical to that of one exposed in air, and indicates the photolytic rather than the photo-oxidative nature of the process.
1990 EMBO Jrnl. 9 4202/1 Excited chlorophyll molecules in Su/Su cannot dissipate energy properly and rapidly cause their own photobleaching and photooxidative damage to the rest of the plastids.
This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, March 2006; most recently modified version published online March 2022).
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