Usually means: Light emission by living organisms.
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General (15 matching dictionaries)
  1. bioluminescence: Merriam-Webster
  2. bioluminescence: Oxford Learner's Dictionaries
  3. bioluminescence: American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language
  4. bioluminescence: Collins English Dictionary
  5. bioluminescence: Vocabulary.com
  6. Bioluminescence, bioluminescence: Wordnik
  7. bioluminescence: Wiktionary
  8. bioluminescence: Webster's New World College Dictionary, 4th Ed.
  9. bioluminescence: Infoplease Dictionary
  10. bioluminescence: Dictionary.com
  11. Bioluminescence: Wikipedia, the Free Encyclopedia
  12. bioluminescence: Rhymezone
  13. bioluminescence: FreeDictionary.org
  14. bioluminescence: Mnemonic Dictionary
  15. bioluminescence: TheFreeDictionary.com

Computing (1 matching dictionary)
  1. bioluminescence: Encyclopedia

Medicine (5 matching dictionaries)
  1. bioluminescence: Merriam-Webster Medical Dictionary
  2. Dorland's Illustrated Medical Dictionary (No longer online)
  3. online medical dictionary (No longer online)
  4. Bioluminescence: Visionary
  5. bioluminescence: Medical dictionary

Science (5 matching dictionaries)
  1. Visionary, for the Study of Vision (No longer online)
  2. Drug Discovery and Development (No longer online)
  3. Botanical Terms (No longer online)
  4. Bioluminescence: USGS Paleontology Glossary of Terms
  5. bioluminescence: Natural History Terms

(Note: See bioluminescent as well.)

Definitions from Wiktionary (bioluminescence)

noun:  (biology, biochemistry) The emission of light by a living organism (such as a firefly).

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