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lumirhodopsin

lumirhodopsin noun: a pigment formed when rhodopsin is irradiated with light; it undergoes further degradation to retinal and opsin.

Noun

lumirhodopsin (uncountable)

  1. A pigment formed when rhodopsin is irradiated with light; it undergoes further degradation to retinal and opsin

Origin of lumirhodopsin

From Latin lumen (“light”), and rhodopsin.

Words formed from lumirhodopsin

Questions about lumirhodopsin

What does lumirhodopsin mean?
Lumirhodopsin means a pigment formed when rhodopsin is irradiated with light; it undergoes further degradation to retinal and opsin.
What part of speech is lumirhodopsin?
Lumirhodopsin is a noun.

Words near lumirhodopsin in the dictionary

  1. luminousness
  2. luminousnesses
  3. lumiphore
  4. lumiphores
  5. lumiracoxib
  6. lumirhodopsin
  7. lumirubin
  8. lumisterol
  9. Lumity
  10. Lumkin
  11. Lumley

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