- visual purple
- noun Date: 1878 a photosensitive red or purple pigment in the retinal rods of various vertebrates; especially rhodopsin
New Collegiate Dictionary. 2001.
visual purple
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Visual purple — Visual Vis u*al, a. [L. visualis, from visus a seeing, sight: cf. F. visuel. See {Vision}.] 1. Of or pertaining to sight; used in sight; serving as the instrument of seeing; as, the visual nerve. [1913 Webster] The air, Nowhere so clear,… … The Collaborative International Dictionary of English
visual purple — n RHODOPSIN * * * see rhodopsin * * * rhodopsin … Medical dictionary
visual purple — n. RHODOPSIN … English World dictionary
visual purple — noun a red photopigment in the retinal rods of vertebrates; dissociates into retinene by light • Syn: ↑rhodopsin, ↑retinal purple • Hypernyms: ↑photopigment • Part Holonyms: ↑rod, ↑rod cell, ↑ … Useful english dictionary
visual purple — See rhodopsin … Dictionary of molecular biology
visual purple — Biochem. rhodopsin. [1895 1900] * * * … Universalium
visual purple — noun The pigment rhodopsin … Wiktionary
visual purple — noun another term for rhodopsin … English new terms dictionary
visual purple — see rhodopsin … The new mediacal dictionary
visual purple — vis′ual pur′ple n. rhodopsin • Etymology: 1895–1900 … From formal English to slang
