photoacceptor

English edit

Etymology edit

photo- +‎ acceptor

Noun edit

photoacceptor (plural photoacceptors)

(biochemistry) A pigment that accepts a photon as the first stage in a photochemical reaction sequence

Related terms edit

photoreceptor

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