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opsin

op·sin [ ópsin ]


noun 
Definition:
 
pigment protein in eye: a light-sensitive pigment found in the rod cells of the eye. It is a glycoprotein, and in the vertebrate eye it combines with retinal to form rhodopsin.

[Mid-20th century. Back-formation <rhodopsin]
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