photocage
English
noun
Definitions
- (chemistry) Any of several molecular species that can be activated by light; they are used especially in biochemistry to attach a molecule to a biologically active compound and then study its behaviour once activated.
Etymology
Prefix from English cage.
Origin
English
cage
Gloss
Timeline
Distribution of cognates by language
Geogrpahic distribution of cognates
Cognates and derived terms
- battery cage English
- birdcage English
- cage English
- cage bird English
- cage home English
- cagebird English
- cageful English
- cageless English
- cagelike English
- cageling English
- cagemate English
- cager English
- cagewash English
- cagework English
- decage English
- discage English
- encage English
- homecage English
- incage English
- microcage English
- nanocage English
- queen-cage English
- uncage English
- ケージ Japanese
- cage Middle English
- ikheji Zulu