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Photopigment Moderate

Origin: Greek prefix photo-

Photopigment has 2 different meanings across 1 category:

Noun

Definitions
Noun
1

a special pigment found in the rods and cones of the retina

2

Any pigment that is unstable in the presence of light; used especially of the chromophore pigments in the rod cells and cone cells of the eye

See Also
rod cell opsin cone cell chromophore pigment rhodopsin photoisomerase eye
Related Terms
Broader Terms (hypernyms)
pigment
Narrower Terms (hyponyms)
iodopsin visual purple
Rhyming Words
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