rhodopsin
English
Etymology
From Ancient Greek ῥόδον (rhodon, “rose”), due to its pinkish color, and ὄψις (opsis, “sight”).
Noun
Wikipedia rhodopsin (countable and uncountable; plural rhodopsins)
- (biochemistry) A light-sensitive pigment in the rod cells of the retina; it consists of an opsin protein bound to the carotenoid retinal