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RETINENE
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Dictionary entry overview: What does retinene mean?
• RETINENE (noun)
The noun RETINENE has 1 sense:
1. either of two yellow to red retinal pigments formed from rhodopsin by the action of light
Familiarity information: RETINENE used as a noun is very rare.
Dictionary entry details
Sense 1
Meaning:
Either of two yellow to red retinal pigments formed from rhodopsin by the action of light
Classified under:
Nouns denoting substances
Synonyms:
retinal; retinene
Hypernyms ("retinene" is a kind of...):
pigment (dry coloring material (especially a powder to be mixed with a liquid to produce paint, etc.))
Holonyms ("retinene" is a substance of...):
retinal purple; rhodopsin; visual purple (a red photopigment in the retinal rods of vertebrates; dissociates into retinene by light)
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