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Chromophane

Chro′mo-phane

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Noun.
[Gr. [GREEK] color + [GREEK] to show.]
(Physiol.)
A general name for the several coloring matters, red, green, yellow, etc., present in the inner segments in the cones of the retina, held in solution by fats, and slowly decolorized by light; distinct from the photochemical pigments of the rods of the retina.

Definition 2024


chromophane

chromophane

English

Noun

chromophane (plural chromophanes)

  1. (biology) Any of several colouring matters, red, green, yellow, etc., present in the inner segments in the cones of the retina, held in solution by fats, and slowly decolorized by light; distinct from the photochemical pigments of the rods of the retina.