Medical Subject Headings

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Preferred Name

Luminescence
Synonyms

Chemiluminescence, Physical

Chemiluminescence

Physical Luminescence

Luminescence, Physical

Physical Chemiluminescence

Definitions

Emission of LIGHT when ELECTRONS return to the electronic ground state from an excited state and lose the energy as PHOTONS. It is sometimes called cool light in contrast to INCANDESCENCE. LUMINESCENT MEASUREMENTS take advantage of this type of light emitted from LUMINESCENT AGENTS.

ID

http://purl.bioontology.org/ontology/MESH/D049449

altLabel

Chemiluminescence, Physical

Chemiluminescence

Physical Luminescence

Luminescence, Physical

Physical Chemiluminescence

AQL

AE

cui

C1450275

C0162524

DC

1

definition

Emission of LIGHT when ELECTRONS return to the electronic ground state from an excited state and lose the energy as PHOTONS. It is sometimes called cool light in contrast to INCANDESCENCE. LUMINESCENT MEASUREMENTS take advantage of this type of light emitted from LUMINESCENT AGENTS.

DX

20050101

HN

2006

Inverse of AQ

http://purl.bioontology.org/ontology/MESH/Q000009

Machine permutation

2006; see LUMINESCENCE, PHYSICAL 2005-2006; for CHEMILUMENCENCE see CHEMILUMINESCENCE, PHYSICAL 2005-2006

MDA

20040707

MMR

20150331

MN

G01.750.250.650.665

G01.590.540.665

G01.358.500.505.650.665

G01.750.770.578.665

notation

D049449

prefLabel

Luminescence

TERMUI

T604997

T604998

T583443

T583437

TH

NLM (2005)

NLM (2006)

tui

T070

subClassOf

http://purl.bioontology.org/ontology/MESH/D008027

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