photostimulableadj.
/ˌfəʊtəʊˈstɪmjuːləbl/, U.S. /ˈˌfoʊdoʊˈstɪmjələb(ə)l/ Biology and Chemistry.
Sensitive to light; susceptible to photostimulation.
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1950 H. W. Leverenz Introd. Luminescence of Solids v. 182 Irradiation of a photostimulable and photoquenchable phosphor with a broad band of primary photons..may produce simultaneous excitation, quenching, and stimulation.
1984 Jrnl. Electron Microsc. 33 255 An image sensor..is coated with minute crystals of photostimulable phosphors in an organic binder.
2000 Oral Surg., Oral Med., Oral Pathol., Oral Radiol. & Endodontics 89 498 The purposes of this report are to present a quantitative model for digital oral radiography and to evaluate a new photostimulable phosphor system for bone mass measurements.
This is a new entry (OED Third Edition, March 2006; most recently modified version published online March 2022).
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