See Also: photocatalyst(medicine)

oecist (iou) and photocatalyst (medicine)


oecist (iou)



oecist noun. . M19.
[Greek oikistes, from oikizein: see EKISTICS, -IST.]
In ancient Greece, the founder of a colony.

photocatalyst (medicine)


photocatalyst


A substance that helps bring about a light-catalyzed reaction; e.g., chlorophyll.

Origin: photo-+ G. Katalysis, dissolution (catalysis)