opsin

名词 n.

英文释义

名词 n.
  1. Any of a group of light-sensitive proteins in the retina.
    — Ramirez and Oakley therefore predicted that opsins are present in octopus skin, where they might act as light sensors.

词形变化

opsins plural

词源

Shortened form of rhodopsin.
From Ancient Greek ὄψις (ópsis, “sight”) + -in.
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