See Also: photoreactivation(medicine)
photoreactivation(dictionary)

photoreactivation (iou)



photoreactivation noun. M20.
[from PHOTO- + REACTIVATION.]
Biology. The process whereby illumination of living matter with visible light can counteract the destructive effects on genetic material of previous ultraviolet irradiation.
,photoreactiva'bility noun the potential for photoreactivation M20.
,photore'activable adjective (of a biological system) capable of displaying photoreactivation; (of damage caused by ultraviolet irradiation) able to be photoreactivated: L20.
,photore'activate verb trans. repair by photoreactivation M20.