Photopigment
Definition & Meaning
Part of speech noun
Quick meaning: Photopigment is a noun meaning Any pigment that is unstable in the presence of light; used especially of the chromophore pigments in the rod cells and cone cells of the eye.
Meaning
Any pigment that is unstable in the presence of light; used especially of the chromophore pigments in the rod cells and cone cells of the eye.
Word Forms
- photopigments
Related Words
Related dictionary entries include bleaching, photopsin, photoprotein, pheopigment, conopsin, phaeopigment.
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