photopigment
English
noun
Definitions
- 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
Etymology
Prefix from English pigment.
Origin
English
pigment
Gloss
Timeline
Distribution of cognates by language
Geogrpahic distribution of cognates
Cognates and derived terms
- biopigment English
- copigment English
- cytopigment English
- depigment English
- interpigment English
- lipopigment English
- phaeopigment English
- pheopigment English
- phytopigment English
- pigment English
- pigmental English
- pigmentary English
- pigmentate English
- pigmentation English
- pigmentless English
- pigmentlike English
- pigmentocracy English
- pigmentous English
- repigment English
- pigment Middle English