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rhodopsins

rhodopsins is the plural of rhodopsin.

Meaning of rhodopsin

Noun

rhodopsin (countable and uncountable, plural rhodopsins)

  1. A light-sensitive pigment in the rod cells of the retina; it consists of an opsin protein bound to the carotenoid retinal
    Synonyms:
    visual purple

Questions about rhodopsins

What is rhodopsins the plural of?
Rhodopsins is the plural of rhodopsin.

Words near rhodopsins in the dictionary

  1. rhodopids
  2. rhodopin
  3. rhodopinal
  4. rhodopinol
  5. rhodopsin
  6. rhodopsins
  7. rhodopterin
  8. rhodoquinone
  9. rhodoquinones
  10. rhodora
  11. rhodoras

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