Definition of Visual purple

1. Noun. A red photopigment in the retinal rods of vertebrates; dissociates into retinene by light.

Exact synonyms: Retinal Purple, Rhodopsin
Group relationships: Retinal Rod, Rod, Rod Cell
Terms within: Opsin, Retinal, Retinene
Generic synonyms: Photopigment

Definition of Visual purple

1. Noun. The pigment rhodopsin. ¹

¹ Source: wiktionary.com

Medical Definition of Visual purple

1. Light sensitive pigment formed from retinal linked through a Schiff's base to opsin: rhodopsin is an integral membrane protein found in the discs of retinal rods and cones, comprising some 40% of the membrane. Vertebrate opsins are proteins of 38 kD. See: bacteriorhodopsin. This entry appears with permission from the Dictionary of Cell and Molecular Biology (11 Mar 2008)

Lexicographical Neighbors of Visual Purple

visual joke
visual kei
visual modality
visual novel
visual novels
visual orbicularis reflex
visual organ
visual pathway
visual percept
visual perception
visual pigments
visual poem
visual projection
visual property
visual proximity
visual purple (current term)
visual range
visual receptor cells
visual sensation
visual sense
visual signal
visual snow
visual space
visual system
visual threshold
visual violet
visual yellow
visualisable
visualisation
visualisations

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