chromophane

Questions

What does chromophane mean?

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.

Where does chromophane come from?

From chromo- + -phane.

How to pronounce chromophane

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