phototransduction

noun

Etymology

From photo- + transduction.

  1. derived from trānsdūcō
  2. borrowed from transductionem
  3. prefixed as phototransduction — “photo + transduction

Definitions

  1. The process whereby the various bodies in the retina convert light into electrical signals

The neighborhood

Vish — recursive loop

No curated loop yet for phototransduction. Loops are being traced one word at a time while the ingestion pipeline matures.

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