immunofluorescence

English

Etymology

Etymology tree

Proto-Indo-European *mey-

Proto-Indo-European *moy-nósder.

Proto-Italic *moinos

Latin mūnus

Proto-Indo-European *né

Proto-Indo-European *n̥-

Proto-Italic *n̥-

Latin in-

Proto-Indo-European *-is

Proto-Indo-European *-h₂

Proto-Indo-European *-ih₂der.?

Proto-Italic *-is

Latin -is

Latin in- -is

Latin immūnisder.

Middle French immunbor.

Middle English

English immune

Ancient Greek -ο- (-o-)der.

Latin -o-bor.

English -o-

English immuno-

Proto-Indo-European *bʰel-der.

Proto-Indo-European *bʰlewH-der.

Proto-Indo-European *bʰluH-yé-ti?

Latin fluō

Proto-Indo-European *-os

Proto-Indo-European *-s

Proto-Indo-European *-ōs

Proto-Italic *-ōs

Latin -or

Latin fluorbor.

English fluor

Proto-Indo-European *-tósder.

Ancient Greek -της (-tēs)der.

Ancient Greek -ῑ́της (-ī́tēs)der.

Latin -ītēsbor.

French -iteder.

English -ite

English fluorite

Middle Low German sparder.

Old English spærstān

Middle English sparston

English sparstonebf.

English spar

blend

English fluorspar

Proto-Indo-European *-éh₁ti

Proto-Indo-European *-sḱéti

Proto-Indo-European *-éh₁sḱeti

Proto-Italic *-ēskō

Latin -ēscō

Latin -escensder.

English -escence

English fluorescence

English immunofluorescence

From immuno- + fluorescence.

Noun

immunofluorescence (countable and uncountable, plural immunofluorescences)

1. A technique that uses a fluorochrome to indicate a specific antigen-antibody reaction.

Derived terms

• coimmunofluorescence
• cytoimmunofluorescence
• histoimmunofluorescence
• microimmunofluorescence

French

Noun

immunofluorescence f (plural immunofluorescences)

1. immunofluorescence

Further reading

• “immunofluorescence”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012