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Definition of Photoreceptor

1. [n -S]

Medical Definition of Photoreceptor

1. A specialised cell type in a multicellular organism that is sensitive to light. This definition excludes single celled organisms, but includes noneye receptors, such as snake infra red (heat) detectors or photosensitive pineal gland cells. See: retinal rods, retinal cones. (31 Dec 1997)

Lexicographical Neighbors of Photoreceptor

Literary usage of Photoreceptor

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. Preparing for Climate Change: Proceedings, Second North American Conference (1993)
"It is the absorption of photons by the photoreceptor, which starts a ... Usually such a photoreceptor acts as a signal transducer by converting light energy ..."

2. Science by American Association for the Advancement of Science (1883)
"In addition, the location of the photoreceptor is unknown. We report here the use of a micro- illumination pattern as a stimulus of the phototropic response ..."

3. Low Vision & Blindness: Research And Development by Gale (INT) Watson (1999)
"In comparison, the retina directly overlying the implant shows a near complete loss of the photoreceptor cell layer with the exception of a min layer of ..."

4. Proceedings of the American Philosophical Society Held at Philadelphia for by American Philosophical Society (1922)
"Animals that possess this type of photoreceptor to the exclusion of other types exhibit ... When one photoreceptor is covered, circus movements result. ..."

5. Handbook of Severe Disability: A Text for Rehabilitation Counselors, Other edited by Walter C. Stolov, Michael R. Clowers (2000)
"... nerve cells Photoreceptor cells Rods (gray) Cones (red) Pigment epithelium Retina FIGURE 3-33 Layers that compose the retina The inner limiting membrane ..."

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