Definition of Phototransduction

1. Noun. (biology) The process whereby the various bodies in the retina convert light into electrical signals ¹

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Medical Definition of Phototransduction

1. The transformation by photoreceptors (e.g. Retinal rods and cones) of light energy into an electrical potential change. This entry appears with permission from the Dictionary of Cell and Molecular Biology (11 Mar 2008)

Lexicographical Neighbors of Phototransduction

photothyristor
photothyristors
phototimer
phototonic
phototonus
phototopographer
phototopographers
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phototopography
phototoxic
phototoxic sensitivity
phototoxicities
phototoxicity
phototoxis
phototransducing
phototransduction (current term)
phototransformation
phototransformations
phototransistor
phototransistors
phototriangulation
phototronic
phototroph
phototrophic
phototrophic bacteria
phototrophs
phototrophy
phototropic
phototropic bacteria
phototropically

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