photosensitive

English

Etymology

From photo- +‎ sensitive.

Adjective

photosensitive (comparative more photosensitive, superlative most photosensitive)

1. having a reaction to, or able to be affected by, light

   Synonym: light-sensitive

Derived terms

• intrinsically photosensitive retinal ganglion cell
• photosensitiveness
• photosensitive retinal ganglion cell

 

Related terms

• photosensitivity

 

Translations

sensitive to light — see also light-sensitive

• Bulgarian: светлочувствителен (svetločuvstvitelen)
• Finnish: valoherkkä, valonarka (fi)
• Galician: fotosensible (gl) m or f
• German: lichtempfindlich
• Hungarian: fényérzékeny (hu)
• Irish: fótamhothálach
• Polish: światłoczuły (pl)
• Portuguese: fotossensível (pt)
• Spanish: fotosensible (es)

See also

• phototoxic