"scintillon" meaning in All languages combined

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      "expansion": "scintilla + -on",
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  "etymology_text": "scintilla + -on",
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  "pos": "noun",
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      "examples": [
        {
          "ref": "1970, Per Halldal, Photobiology of Microorganisms, page 436",
          "text": "There are two separately isolatable systems: the particulate (scintillon) system and the soluble system.",
          "type": "quotation"
        },
        {
          "ref": "1990, Journal of Cell Science - Volume 95, Issues 1-4, page 322",
          "text": "Schematic representation of scintillon structure and localization, along with the proposed mechanism for triggering the bioluminescent flash of Gonyaulax.",
          "type": "quotation"
        },
        {
          "ref": "1992, United States. Office of Naval Research, Naval research reviews - Volumes 44-45, page 27",
          "text": "The proton influx from the acidic vacuole to the dense body of the scintillon thus triggers the flash.",
          "type": "quotation"
        },
        {
          "ref": "2005, Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States",
          "text": "LBP binds luciferin at pH 8.0 but not at pH 6.3 (10); upon acidification of the scintillon, the luciferin is therefore released for reaction with an activated LCF.",
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        }
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        "The mechanism for particulate-based bioluminescence."
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          "particulate",
          "particulate"
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          "bioluminescence",
          "bioluminescence"
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  "word": "scintillon"
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  "etymology_text": "scintilla + -on",
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          "ref": "1970, Per Halldal, Photobiology of Microorganisms, page 436",
          "text": "There are two separately isolatable systems: the particulate (scintillon) system and the soluble system.",
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        },
        {
          "ref": "1990, Journal of Cell Science - Volume 95, Issues 1-4, page 322",
          "text": "Schematic representation of scintillon structure and localization, along with the proposed mechanism for triggering the bioluminescent flash of Gonyaulax.",
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        },
        {
          "ref": "1992, United States. Office of Naval Research, Naval research reviews - Volumes 44-45, page 27",
          "text": "The proton influx from the acidic vacuole to the dense body of the scintillon thus triggers the flash.",
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        },
        {
          "ref": "2005, Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States",
          "text": "LBP binds luciferin at pH 8.0 but not at pH 6.3 (10); upon acidification of the scintillon, the luciferin is therefore released for reaction with an activated LCF.",
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        "The mechanism for particulate-based bioluminescence."
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          "bioluminescence",
          "bioluminescence"
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