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Rhodopsin

Rho-dop′sin

(rō̍-dŏp′sĭn)
,
Noun.
[Gr.
ῥόδον
rose +
ὥψ
eye.]
(Physiol.)
The visual purple. See under
Visual
.

Definition 2024


rhodopsin

rhodopsin

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Noun

rhodopsin (countable and uncountable, plural rhodopsins)

  1. (biochemistry) A light-sensitive pigment in the rod cells of the retina; it consists of an opsin protein bound to the carotenoid retinal

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