fluoresce

Definition

To emit electromagnetic radiation, especially visible light, when absorbing radiation of some other wavelength.

Etymology

Back-formation from fluorescence.

Example Sentences

• "The blinding light did not hurt, it filled him, he glowed, all his veins fluoresced, each one alive with new growth."
• "During right robotic thymectomy, fluorescence imaging facilitates identification of the contralateral phrenic nerve by fluorescing the pericardiophrenic vessels."

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