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Any of the cylindrical photoreceptor cells in the retina that function in dim light levels.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Topics: anatomy, medicine, sciences
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Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
a visual receptor cell that is sensitive to dim light
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
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Meaning relationships
Synonyms: rod, retinal rod
Antonyms: none provided
Broader terms: visual cell
No etymology was provided for this word.
Across languages
Translations
18 source translations are retained for this English entry.
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Bulgarian:
пръчица
(prǎčica)
— any of the cylindrical photoreceptor cells in the retina
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Catalan:
bastonet de la retina
— any of the cylindrical photoreceptor cells in the retina
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Dutch:
staafje
— any of the cylindrical photoreceptor cells in the retina
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Finnish:
sauvasolu
— any of the cylindrical photoreceptor cells in the retina
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Finnish:
sauva
— any of the cylindrical photoreceptor cells in the retina
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French:
bâtonnet
— any of the cylindrical photoreceptor cells in the retina
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German:
Stäbchen
— any of the cylindrical photoreceptor cells in the retina
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Indonesian:
sel batang
— any of the cylindrical photoreceptor cells in the retina
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Italian:
bastoncello
— any of the cylindrical photoreceptor cells in the retina
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Japanese:
杆体細胞
(kantai-saibō)
— any of the cylindrical photoreceptor cells in the retina
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Japanese:
桿体細胞
(kantai-saibō)
— any of the cylindrical photoreceptor cells in the retina
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Northern Kurdish:
xaneya çîlkeyî
— any of the cylindrical photoreceptor cells in the retina
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Polish:
pręcik
— any of the cylindrical photoreceptor cells in the retina
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Portuguese:
bastonete
— any of the cylindrical photoreceptor cells in the retina
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Russian:
па́лочка
(páločka)
— any of the cylindrical photoreceptor cells in the retina
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Turkish:
çubuk hücresi
— any of the cylindrical photoreceptor cells in the retina
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Turkish:
çomak hücresi
— any of the cylindrical photoreceptor cells in the retina
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Ukrainian:
па́личка
(pályčka)
— any of the cylindrical photoreceptor cells in the retina
