fluorophore etymology

English word fluorophore comes from English -phore (Bearer, carrier or conveyor.), English fluoro- (Fluorescent. Fluorine.)

Detailed word origin of fluorophore

Dictionary entryLanguageDefinition
-phore English (eng) Bearer, carrier or conveyor.
fluoro- English (eng) Fluorescent. Fluorine.
fluorophore English (eng) (biochemistry) A molecule or functional group which is capable of fluorescence.

Words with the same origin as fluorophore

Descendants of -phore
adenophorous androphore carpophore chromophore electrophore gametophore iodophor luminophore mechanophore myophore necrophore nectophore odontophore onomatophore oophore oöphore phagophore pharmacophore photophore pogonophore polyphore rhinophoral semantophore siderophore zygophore
Descendants of fluoro-
dichlorofluoromethane difluoromethane fluoric fluorobenzene fluorobenzyl fluorocitrate fluorodesulfurization fluorodifen fluorogenic fluorogram fluoroorotic fluorophosphate fluorophotometry fluoroprobe fluoropyrrole fluoroscopically fluorosilicic fluorosphere fluorosulfite fluorothymidine fluorotype hydrofluoric pentafluoroethane trichlorofluoromethane