rod cell

English

Noun

rod cell (plural rod cells)

1. (anatomy) Any of the cylindrical photoreceptor cells in the retina that function in dim light levels.

Coordinate terms

• (anatomy): cone cell

Translations

any of the cylindrical photoreceptor cells in the retina

• Catalan: bastonet de la retina (ca) m
• Dutch: staafje (nl) n
• Finnish: sauvasolu (fi), sauva (fi)
• French: bâtonnet (fr) m
• German: Stäbchen (de) n
• Indonesian: sel batang
• Italian: bastoncello (it) m
• Japanese: 杆体細胞 (kantai-saibō), 桿体細胞 (kantai-saibō)
• Kurdish:

  Northern Kurdish: xaneya çîlkeyî f

• Polish: pręcik (pl) m
• Portuguese: bastonete (pt) m
• Russian: па́лочка (ru) f (páločka)

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