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出典:『Wiktionary』 (2010/12/20 17:00 UTC 版)
biophoton (複数形 biophotons)
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出典:『Wikipedia』 (2011/05/18 01:37 UTC 版)
A biophoton (from the Greek βιο meaning "life" and φωτο meaning "light"), synonymous with ultraweak photon emission, low-level biological chemiluminescence, ultraweak bioluminescence, dark luminescence and other similar terms, is a photon of light emitted from a biological system and detected by biological probes as part of the general weak electromagnetic radiation of living biological cells. Biophotons and their study should not be confused with bioluminescence, a term generally reserved for higher intensity luciferin/luciferase systems.