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iodopsin

[ ahy-uh-dop-sin ]

noun

Biochemistry.
  1. a photosensitive violet pigment that occurs in the cones of the retina and is transformed by light into retinal and an opsin protein.

iodopsin

/ ËŒ²¹ÉªÉ™Ëˆ»åÉ’±è²õɪ²Ô /

noun

  1. a violet light-sensitive pigment in the cones of the retina of the eye that is responsible for colour vision Also calledvisual violet See also rhodopsin
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Origin of iodopsin1

1935–40; < Greek īṓd ( ŧ²õ ) taken as derivative of í´Ç²Ô violet ( iodine ) + opsin, on the pattern of rhodopsin

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