loading...| Preferred Name |
Fluorescence |
| ID |
http://ncicb.nci.nih.gov/xml/owl/EVS/Thesaurus.owl#C16586 |
| ALT_DEFINITION |
The property of emitting radiation while being irradiated. The radiation emitted is usually of longer wavelength than that incident or absorbed, e.g., a substance can be irradiated with invisible radiation and emit visible light. X-ray fluorescence is used in diagnosis. absorption of a photon of light followed, after a delay, by emission of a photon of longer wavelength. |
| code |
C16586 |
| DEFINITION |
Fluorescence is a luminescence (i.e., optical phenomenon) in cold bodies, in which a molecule absorbs a high-energy photon, and re-emits it as a lower-energy (longer-wavelength) photon. The energy difference between the absorbed and emitted photons ends up as molecular vibrations (heat). |
| label |
Fluorescence |
| Legacy_Concept_Name |
Fluorescence |
| Preferred_Name |
Fluorescence |
| prefixIRI |
C16586 |
| prefLabel |
Fluorescence |
| Semantic_Type |
Phenomenon or Process |
| UMLS_CUI |
C0016315 |
| subClassOf |