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opsin
scotopsin
rod cell
purple
conopsin
photorhodopsin
lumirhodopsin
protein
photopigment
visual purple
chlamyopsin
carotenoid
retinal
retina
retinochrome
metarhodopsin
actinorhodopsin
exorhodopsin
isorhodopsin
bathorhodopsin
pigment
Definitions:
Noun
visual purple
rhodopsin
retinal purple
Definition: a red photopigment in the retinal rods of vertebrates; dissociates into retinene by light
Definition: A light-sensitive pigment in the rod cells of the retina; it consists of an opsin protein bound to the carotenoid retinal