photopigment

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photopigment

noun photopigments

Any pigment that is unstable in the presence of light; used especially of the chromophore pigments in the rod cells and cone cells of the eye

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@misc{photopigment_2026,
  title = {photopigment},
  howpublished = {Wiktionary, via Micwyn},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://micwyn.com/word/photopigment},
  urldate = {2026-11-06}
}