chromophane (English, noun)
expansion: chromophane (plural chromophanes)
Senses:
topics: biology
natural-sciences
glosses: Any of several colouring matters, red, green, yellow, etc., present in the inner segments in the cones of the retina, held in solution by fats, and slowly decolorized by light; distinct from the photochemical pigments of the rods of the retina.
Forms:
form: chromophanes
tags: plural