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photokilling

photokilling noun: killing (especially of bacteria, or of cancer cells) by means of light.

Noun

photokilling (uncountable)

  1. killing (especially of bacteria, or of cancer cells) by means of light

Origin of photokilling

From photo- + killing.

Questions about photokilling

What does photokilling mean?
Photokilling means killing (especially of bacteria, or of cancer cells) by means of light.
What part of speech is photokilling?
Photokilling is a noun.

Words near photokilling in the dictionary

  1. photokeratectomies
  2. photokeratectomy
  3. photokeratital
  4. photokeratitis
  5. photokeratoscopy
  6. photokilling
  7. photokinase
  8. photokineses
  9. photokinesis
  10. photokinetic
  11. photokinetics

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