rhodophane

English

Etymology

From rhodo- +‎ -phane.

Noun

rhodophane (uncountable)

1. (biochemistry) The red pigment in the inner segments of the cones of the retina in animals.

Related terms

• chromophane

Part or all of this entry has been imported from the 1913 edition of Webster’s Dictionary, which is now free of copyright and hence in the public domain. The imported definitions may be significantly out of date, and any more recent senses may be completely missing.
(See the entry for “rhodophane”, in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: G. & C. Merriam, 1913, →OCLC.)