oligocone

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adjective

Having a reduced number of functioning cone cells.

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Meanings

adjectiveoligocone (not comparable)
  1. not comparableHaving a reduced number of functioning cone cells.

    Final diagnoses of participating subjects included RP (34 cases), cone-rod dystrophy (23 cases), cone dystrophy (eight cases), macular dystrophy (eight cases), Leber congenital amaurosis (LCA; three cases), achromatopsia (three cases) and oligocone trichromacy (two cases).

    2016 January 15, “Mutation Detection in Patients with Retinal Dystrophies Using Targeted Next Generation Sequencing”, in PLOS ONE, →DOI

Origin

From oligo- + cone.

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Chicago

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