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photorecovery

photorecovery noun: the recovery / restoration of DNA in skin damaged by exposure to light.

Noun

photorecovery (uncountable)

  1. The recovery / restoration of DNA in skin damaged by exposure to light
  2. The recovery of photographic images previously deleted in a digital camera, PC or similar device

Origin of photorecovery

From photo- + recovery.

Questions about photorecovery

What does photorecovery mean?
Photorecovery means the recovery / restoration of DNA in skin damaged by exposure to light.
What part of speech is photorecovery?
Photorecovery is a noun.

Words near photorecovery in the dictionary

  1. photoreceptors
  2. photorecombination
  3. photorecombinations
  4. photoreconfigurable
  5. photoreconnaissance
  6. photorecovery
  7. photoredox
  8. photoreduce
  9. photoreduced
  10. photoreduces
  11. photoreducibility

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