Etymology

lumirhodopsin

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Today it means: A pigment formed when rhodopsin is irradiated with light; it undergoes further degradation to retinal and opsin Full definition →

Latin lumen
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The story

  1. Latin · derived fromlumen“light”
  2. English todaylumirhodopsin

From Latin lumen (“light”), and rhodopsin.

Words from the same roots

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