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ROD CELL

Pronunciation (US):

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 I. (noun) 

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Meaning:

A visual receptor cell that is sensitive to dim light

Synonyms:

retinal rod; rod; rod cell

Classified under:

Nouns denoting body parts

Hypernyms ("rod cell" is a kind of...):

visual cell (one of the cells of the retina that is sensitive to light)

Meronyms (parts of "rod cell"):

retinal purple; rhodopsin; visual purple (a red photopigment in the retinal rods of vertebrates; dissociates into retinene by light)

Holonyms ("rod cell" is a part of...):

retina (the innermost light-sensitive membrane covering the back wall of the eyeball; it is continuous with the optic nerve)

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