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Synonyms for visual purple in English

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visual purple:
- retinal purple; rhodopsin; visual purple

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Detailed Synonyms for visual purple in English

visual purple:

visual purple [the ~] noun

the visual purple

– a red photopigment in the retinal rods of vertebrates; dissociates into retinene by light ¹
the retinal purple; the rhodopsin; the visual purple
– a red photopigment in the retinal rods of vertebrates; dissociates into retinene by light ¹
- retinal purple [the ~] noun
- rhodopsin [the ~] noun
- visual purple [the ~] noun

Alternate Synonyms for "visual purple":

rhodopsin; retinal purple; photopigment

Related Definitions for "visual purple":

a red photopigment in the retinal rods of vertebrates; dissociates into retinene by light¹

Related Synonyms for visual purple

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