retinal rod
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1. a visual receptor cell that is sensitive to dim light (noun.body)
hypernym | : | visual cell, |
definition | : | one of the cells of the retina that is sensitive to light (noun.body) |
part holonym | : | retinal purple, rhodopsin, visual purple, |
definition | : | a red photopigment in the retinal rods of vertebrates; dissociates into retinene by light (noun.substance) |
part meronym | : | retina, |
definition | : | the innermost light-sensitive membrane covering the back wall of the eyeball; it is continuous with the optic nerve (noun.body) |
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