Usually means: Absorbs light, initiates chemical reactions.
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  1. photosensitizer: Merriam-Webster
  2. photosensitizer: Collins English Dictionary
  3. photosensitizer: Wordnik
  4. photosensitizer: Wiktionary
  5. photosensitizer: Dictionary.com
  6. Photosensitizer: Wikipedia, the Free Encyclopedia
  7. photosensitizer: TheFreeDictionary.com

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  1. photosensitizer: Encyclopedia

Medicine (4 matching dictionaries)
  1. photosensitizer: Merriam-Webster Medical Dictionary
  2. photosensitizer: Dictionary of Cancer Terms
  3. photosensitizer: Medical dictionary
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Definitions from Wiktionary (photosensitizer)

▸ noun:  (chemistry) A molecular or atomic species that initiates a photochemical reaction

Similar:
photosensitiser, photoinitiator, photooxidant, photoinitiation, photoinitiatior, photocatalyst, initiator, photooxidizer, photoreagent, photoreactivity, more...

Opposite:
photoquencher, photosuppressor, photoinhibitor

Types:
porphyrin, chlorophyll, phtalocyanine, eosin, erythrosin, fluorescein, rose, more...

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Similar:
photosensitiser, photoinitiator, photooxidant, photoinitiation, photoinitiatior, photocatalyst, initiator, photooxidizer, photoreagent, photoreactivity, more...

Opposite:
photoquencher, photosuppressor, photoinhibitor

Types:
porphyrin, chlorophyll, phtalocyanine, eosin, erythrosin, fluorescein, rose, more...



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