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    ROD CELL

    Pronunciation (US): Play  (GB): Play

     I. (noun) 

    Sense 1

    Meaning:

    A visual receptor cell that is sensitive to dim lightplay

    Synonyms:

    retinal rod; rod; rod cell

    Classified under:

    Nouns denoting body parts

    Hypernyms ("rod cell" is a kind of...):

    visual cell (one of the cells of the retina that is sensitive to light)

    Meronyms (parts of "rod cell"):

    retinal purple; rhodopsin; visual purple (a red photopigment in the retinal rods of vertebrates; dissociates into retinene by light)

    Holonyms ("rod cell" is a part of...):

    retina (the innermost light-sensitive membrane covering the back wall of the eyeball; it is continuous with the optic nerve)

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