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photorhodopsin

photorhodopsin noun: the initial compound formed when rhodopsin is irradiated with light; it immediately produces bathorhodopsin.

Noun

photorhodopsin (uncountable)

  1. The initial compound formed when rhodopsin is irradiated with light; it immediately produces bathorhodopsin

Origin of photorhodopsin

From photo- + rhodopsin.

Questions about photorhodopsin

What does photorhodopsin mean?
Photorhodopsin means the initial compound formed when rhodopsin is irradiated with light; it immediately produces bathorhodopsin.
What part of speech is photorhodopsin?
Photorhodopsin is a noun.

Words near photorhodopsin in the dictionary

  1. photoreversibility
  2. photoreversible
  3. photoreversion
  4. photoreversions
  5. photorheological
  6. photorhodopsin
  7. photos
  8. photosampling
  9. photosantonic acid
  10. photosaturation
  11. photoscanner

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