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| op·sin [ ópsin ] |
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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.
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| [Mid-20th century. Back-formation <rhodopsin] |
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