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rhodopsin

noun

Etymology

From Ancient Greek ῥόδον (rhódon, “rose”), due to its pinkish color, and ὄψις (ópsis, “sight”).

  1. derived from ῥόδον — “rose”

Definitions

  1. A light-sensitive pigment in the rod cells of the retina

    A light-sensitive pigment in the rod cells of the retina; it consists of an opsin protein bound to the carotenoid retinal

The neighborhood

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