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melanopsins

melanopsins is the plural of melanopsin.

Meaning of melanopsin

Noun

melanopsin (plural melanopsins)

  1. A type of photopigment (an opsin) found in the retina; it is involved in the regulation of circadian rhythms

Questions about melanopsins

What is melanopsins the plural of?
Melanopsins is the plural of melanopsin.

Words near melanopsins in the dictionary

  1. melanopsid
  2. melanopsids
  3. melanopsin
  4. melanopsin-containing retinal ganglion cell
  5. melanopsin-containing retinal ganglion cells
  6. melanopsins
  7. melanoregulin
  8. melanorite
  9. melanorites
  10. melanorosaurid
  11. melanorosaurids

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