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photodestruction
photodestruction n. 
/ˌfoʊdoʊdiˈstrəkʃ(ə)n/ Biology destruction of an enzyme or other molecule by the action of light.
Brit. /ˌfəʊtə(ʊ)dᵻˈstrʌkʃn/
, /ˌfəʊtə(ʊ)dᵻˈstrʌkʃn/U.S. /ˌfoʊdoʊdəˈstrəkʃ(ə)n/
, /ˌfoʊdoʊdəˈstrəkʃ(ə)n//ˌfoʊdoʊdiˈstrəkʃ(ə)n/ΘΚΠ
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photodestruction1935
photodamage1960
1935 Ann. Missouri Bot. Garden 22 826 Three classes of enzymes depending on the part that oxygen plays in their photodestruction.
1977 I. M. Campbell Energy & Atmosphere ix. 371 The minimum in the altitude concentration profile of nitric oxide with altitude near to 70 km is evidently a reflection more of the variation of production rate with altitude than of the variation of the photodestruction rate.
1999 Science (Nexis) 12 Mar. 1676 Photodestruction of fluorophores is one of the most important yet least understood processes that affect the application of fluorescence in biology.
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