"rod cell" meaning in English

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Noun

Forms: rod cells [plural]
Head templates: {{en-noun}} rod cell (plural rod cells)
  1. (anatomy) Any of the cylindrical photoreceptor cells in the retina that function in dim light levels. Coordinate_terms: cone cell Translations (any of the cylindrical photoreceptor cells in the retina): пръчица (prǎčica) [feminine] (Bulgarian), bastonet de la retina [masculine] (Catalan), staafje [neuter] (Dutch), sauvasolu (Finnish), sauva (Finnish), bâtonnet [masculine] (French), Stäbchen [neuter] (German), sel batang (Indonesian), bastoncello [masculine] (Italian), 杆体細胞 (kantai-saibō) (Japanese), 桿体細胞 (kantai-saibō) (Japanese), xaneya çîlkeyî [feminine] (Northern Kurdish), pręcik [masculine] (Polish), bastonete [masculine] (Portuguese), па́лочка (páločka) [feminine] (Russian), çubuk hücresi (Turkish), çomak hücresi (Turkish), па́личка (pályčka) [feminine] (Ukrainian)

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