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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 lightplay

  Familiarity information: RETINENE used as a noun is very rare.


 Dictionary entry details 


RETINENE (noun)


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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