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From
photo-
+
pigment
.
Noun
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photopigment
(
plural
photopigments
)
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
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opsin
rhodopsin
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