photoreceptive
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photoreceptive — adjective see photoreception … New Collegiate Dictionary
photoreceptive — See photoreception. * * * … Universalium
photoreceptive — Functioning as a photoreceptor. * * * pho·to·re·cep·tive (fo″to re sepґtiv) sensitive to stimulation by light … Medical dictionary
photoreceptive — adj. perceiving light … English contemporary dictionary
photoreceptive — pho·to·receptive … English syllables
photoreceptive — adjective see photoreception … Useful english dictionary
photoreception — photoreceptive, adj. /foh toh ri sep sheuhn/, n. the physiological perception of light. [1905 10; PHOTO + RECEPTION] * * * Biological responses to stimulation by light, most often referring to the mechanism of vision. In one celled organisms such … Universalium
Photosensitive ganglion cell — Section of retina: light strikes first the ganglion cell layer, last the rods and cones Photosensitive ganglion cells, also called photosensitive Retinal Ganglion Cells (pRGC), intrinsically photosensitive Retinal Ganglion Cells (ipRGC) or… … Wikipedia
Visual system — The visual system includes the eyes, the connecting pathways through to the visual cortex and other parts of the brain. The illustration shows the mammalian system. The visual system is the part of the central nervous system which enables… … Wikipedia
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