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has gloss | (noun) a special pigment found in the rods and cones of the retina photopigment |
has gloss | eng: Photopigments are unstable pigments that undergo a chemical change when they absorb light. The term is generally applied to the non-protein chromophore moiety of photosensitive chromoproteins, such as the pigments involved in photosynthesis and photoreception. In medical terminology, "photopigment" commonly refers to the photoreceptor proteins of the retina. |
lexicalization | eng: photopigment |
subclass of | (noun) dry coloring material (especially a powder to be mixed with a liquid to produce paint, etc.) pigment |
has subclass | (noun) a violet photopigment in the retinal cones of the eyes of most vertebrates; plays a role in daylight vision iodopsin |
has subclass | (noun) a red photopigment in the retinal rods of vertebrates; dissociates into retinene by light visual purple, retinal purple, rhodopsin |
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lexicalization | kor: 광색소 |
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