rhodophane
English
Etymology
Ancient Greek rose + to show.
Noun
rhodophane (uncountable)
- (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 The imported definitions may be significantly out of date, and any more recent senses may be completely missing.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, G. & C. Merriam, 1913.)