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photopigment

photopigment 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.

Noun

photopigment (plural photopigments)

  1. 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

Forms of photopigment

pluralphotopigments

Origin of photopigment

From photo- + pigment.

Questions about photopigment

What does photopigment mean?
Photopigment means 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.
What part of speech is photopigment?
Photopigment is a noun.
What is the plural of photopigment?
The plural of photopigment is photopigments.

Words near photopigment in the dictionary

  1. photophytic
  2. photopia
  3. photopic
  4. photopiezoelectric
  5. photopiezoelectrics
  6. photopigment
  7. photopigments
  8. photopile
  9. photopiles
  10. photopion
  11. photopions

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