See Also: photoreduction(medicine)
photoreduction(dictionary)

photoreduction (iou)



photoreduction noun. L19.
[from PHOTO- + REDUCTION.]
Chemical reduction effected by light; Botany such a reduction of carbon dioxide with formation of water (rather than oxygen, as in ordinary photosynthesis). L19.
Reduction in size effected photographically. M20.
photoreduce verb trans. reduce photochemically or photographically M20.