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Definition of Photopigment
1. Noun. A special pigment found in the rods and cones of the retina.
Definition of Photopigment
1. Noun. 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 ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Medical Definition of Photopigment
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Lexicographical Neighbors of Photopigment
Literary usage of Photopigment
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Science by American Association for the Advancement of Science (1883)
"The phototropic response and distribution of photopigment in the ... hypothesis and
to study the distribution of photopigment. ..."
2. Light's Labour's Lost: Policies for Energy-Efficient Lighting by Paul Waide, Satoshi Tanishima, International Energy Agency (2006)
"Humans have three photopigment types, and this allows us to make roughly I million
wavelength discriminations. Creatures with two photopigments can ..."
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