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Webster 1913 Edition


Photogene

Pho′to-gene

,
Noun.
[See
Photogen
.]
1.
A photograph.
[Obsoles.]
2.
A more or less continued impression or image on the retina.
H. Spencer.

Definition 2024


photogene

photogene

English

Noun

photogene (plural photogenes)

  1. (obsolete) A photograph
  2. (dated) An afterimage
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  3. (genetics) A gene involved in photosynthesis