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Definition of "bioluminescence" [bi•o•lu•mi•nes•cence]

  • Emission of visible light by living organisms such as the firefly and various fish, fungi, and bacteria. (noun)

American Heritage(R) Dictionary of the English Language, Fifth Edition. Copyright (c) 2011 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. Published by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. All rights reserved.

Use "bioluminescence" in a sentence
  • "Woody, a pioneer in bioluminescence research and one of the early researchers studying GFP, who was a new and especially kind faculty member."
  • "If the disappearance of the jellyfish had occurred 20 years earlier, we wouldn't have been able to learn the mechanism of the aequorin bioluminescence reaction, as well as the chromophore of GFP."
  • "At this symposium, almost all the well-known researchers in bioluminescence and related fields gathered from all over the world, including Martin Chalfie, Roger Tsien, Shimya Inoué and Atsushi Miyawaki."
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