Definition of Photoreceptors

1. Noun. (plural of photoreceptor) ¹

¹ Source: wiktionary.com

Definition of Photoreceptors

1. photoreceptor [n] - See also: photoreceptor

Medical Definition of Photoreceptors

1. Cells specialised to detect and transduce light and darkness. Rods and cones are the photoreceptors in the vertebrate retina. (12 Dec 1998)

Lexicographical Neighbors of Photoreceptors

photoreactor
photoreactors
photoreal
photorealism
photorealist
photorealistic
photorealists
photorearrangement
photorearrangements
photoreceiver
photoreception
photoreceptions
photoreceptive
photoreceptor
photoreceptor cells
photoreceptors (current term)
photoreconnaissance
photoreduce
photoreduced
photoreduces
photoreducing
photoreduction
photoreductions
photorefractive
photorefractive keratectomies
photorefractive keratectomy
photorefractively
photoreleasable
photorelease
photoreleased

Literary usage of Photoreceptors

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. Colour Vision Deficiencies: Matching and Confusion of Computer Colours by Gunilla Derefeldt (1995)
"... characteristics of the Nagel anomaloscope , the Pickford-Nicolson anomaloscope, and absorbance spectra of human photoreceptors The Nagel anomaloscope is ..."

2. Proceedings of the Indiana Academy of Science by Indiana Academy of Science (1922)
"REACTIONS TO LIGHT AND photoreceptors OF LUMBRICUS TERRESTRIS. WALTER N. HESS, DePauw University. It is generally known that earthworms are sensitive to ..."

3. Light's Labour's Lost: Policies for Energy-Efficient Lighting by Paul Waide, Satoshi Tanishima, International Energy Agency (2006)
"The eye's response to broad light levels In fact the photoreceptors in the ... Knowledge of the behaviour of rod photoreceptors and their interaction with ..."

4. Low Vision & Blindness: Research And Development by Gale (INT) Watson (1999)
"This loss is likely due to the solid disk implant blocking the diffusion of oxygen and other nutrients to the photoreceptors from the choroidal circulation. ..."

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