FLUORESCENCE MICROSCOPY

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does fluorescence microscopy mean? 

• FLUORESCENCE MICROSCOPY (noun)
  The noun FLUORESCENCE MICROSCOPY has 1 sense:

1. light microscopy in which the specimen is irradiated at wavelengths that excite fluorochromes

  Familiarity information: FLUORESCENCE MICROSCOPY used as a noun is very rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• FLUORESCENCE MICROSCOPY (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

Light microscopy in which the specimen is irradiated at wavelengths that excite fluorochromes

Classified under:

Nouns denoting acts or actions

Hypernyms ("fluorescence microscopy" is a kind of...):

microscopy (research with the use of microscopes)

Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "fluorescence microscopy"):

indirect immunofluorescence (a method of using fluorescence microscopy to detect the presence of an antigen indirectly)

 Context examples 

They are typically used as cell and tissue labels in fluorescence microscopy and cell biology.

(Alexa Fluor, NCI Thesaurus)

It has the advantage of being a less costly assay that does not require fluorescence microscopy with results that are stable over time.

(Chromogenic In Situ Hybridization, NCI Thesaurus)