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Rhodopsin Moderate

Rhodopsin has 2 different meanings across 1 category:

Noun

Definitions
Noun
1

a red photopigment in the retinal rods of vertebrates; dissociates into retinene by light

2

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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Broader Terms (hypernyms)
photopigment
Rhyming Words
sin usin hsin osin tsin asin jasin yasin nisin lysin resin basin eosin losin rosin opsin elsin unsin sasin risin
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