opsin

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Definition of opsin

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noun

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.”

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

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