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photopigment
Thesaurus| Noun | 1. | photopigment - a special pigment found in the rods and cones of the retinapigment - dry coloring material (especially a powder to be mixed with a liquid to produce paint, etc.)iodopsin - a violet photopigment in the retinal cones of the eyes of most vertebrates; plays a role in daylight visionretinal purple, rhodopsin, visual purple - a red photopigment in the retinal rods of vertebrates; dissociates into retinene by light |
photopigment
photopigment[¦fōd·ō¦pig·mənt] (biochemistry) A pigment that is unstable in the presence of light of appropriate wavelengths, such as the chromophore pigment which combines with opsins to form rhodopsin in the rods and cones of the vertebrate eye. photopigment
photopigment a pigment molecule that can be excited by light, such as CHLOROPHYLL.photopigment Any pigment, such as the visual pigment found in the photoreceptors of the retina, which is altered by the absorption of light energy. See visual pigment; rhodopsin.photopigment
Words related to photopigmentnoun a special pigment found in the rods and cones of the retinaRelated Words- pigment
- iodopsin
- retinal purple
- rhodopsin
- visual purple
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