PHOTOSENSITIVE

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does photosensitive mean? 

• PHOTOSENSITIVE (adjective)
  The adjective PHOTOSENSITIVE has 1 sense:

1. sensitive to visible light

  Familiarity information: PHOTOSENSITIVE used as an adjective is very rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• PHOTOSENSITIVE (adjective)

Sense 1

Meaning:

Sensitive to visible light

Synonyms:

light-sensitive; photosensitive

Context example:

photographic film is light-sensitive

Similar:

sensitive (responsive to physical stimuli)

Derivation:

photosensitivity (sensitivity to the action of radiant energy)

 Context examples 

They focused on rare light-sensing cells in the eye called intrinsically photosensitive retinal ganglion cells (ipRGCs).

(How Light Boosts Migraine Pain, NIH, US)

This artificial light activates photoreceptors called intrinsically photosensitive retinal ganglion cells (ipRGCs), which suppresses melatonin.

(Artificial Light of Digital Devices Lessens Sleep Quality, The Titi Tudorancea Bulletin)

With restricted reference to skin tissue, it does not include photosensitivity of the eye to light, as in photophobia or photosensitive epilepsy.

(Photodermatitis, NLM, Medical Subject Headings)

A synthetic benzodiazepine derivative used for myotonic or atonic seizures, absence seizures, and photosensitive epilepsy, anticonvulsant Clonazepam appears to enhance gamma-aminobutyric acid receptor responses, although its mechanism of action is not clearly understood.

(Clonazepam, NCI Thesaurus)

An apparatus for taking photographs, generally consisting of a lightproof enclosure having an aperture with a shuttered lens through which the image of an object is focused and recorded on a photosensitive film or plate.

(Camera Device Component, NCI Thesaurus)