- auxoflore
- An atom or group of atoms that, by its presence in a molecule, shifts the latter's fluorescent radiation in the direction of the shorter wavelength, or increases the fluorescence. Cf.:bathoflore.
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auxo·flore (awkґso-flor) an atom or group that increases the intensity of fluorescence of a compound in which it occurs; cf. bathoflore.
Medical dictionary. 2011.