retinochrome

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English

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Etymology

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From retino- +‎ -chrome.

Noun

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retinochrome (plural retinochromes)

  1. (biochemistry) Any of a class of photosensitive pigment, related to rhodopsin, located primarily in the inner portions of the visual cells of cephalopods