"photopigment" meaning in English

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Noun

Forms: photopigments [plural]
Etymology: From photo- + pigment. Etymology templates: {{prefix|en|photo|pigment}} photo- + pigment Head templates: {{en-noun}} photopigment (plural photopigments)
  1. 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 Related terms: opsin, rhodopsin

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