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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
English
Noun
rhodopsin (countable and uncountable, plural rhodopsins)
- (biochemistry) A light-sensitive pigment in the rod cells of the retina; it consists of an opsin protein bound to the carotenoid retinal
Synonyms
Translations
a light-sensitive pigment in the rod cells of the retina
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