Rhodopsin

n.

1.

(Physiol.) The visual purple. See under Visual.

Noun

1.

rhodopsin - a red photopigment in the retinal rods of vertebrates; dissociates into retinene by light Synonyms: retinal purple, visual purple

opsin, photopigment, retinal, retinal purple, retinal rod, retinene, rod, rod cell, visual purple