PORPHYROPSIN


Meaning of PORPHYROPSIN in English

transcription, транскрипция: [ ˌpȯr-fə-ˈräp-sən ]

noun

Etymology: Greek porphyra purple + English -opsin (as in rhodopsin )

Date: 1930

: a purple pigment in the retinal rods of freshwater fishes that resembles rhodopsin

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