Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

scotopsin

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 0.00 in modern English

Syllables
sco-topsin
IPA
13
Scrabble Score
9
Letters
2
Syllables
7
Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

The protein component of rhodopsin.

Uncountable

Etymology

From scoto- + opsin.

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Questions

What does scotopsin mean?
The protein component of rhodopsin.
Where does scotopsin come from?
From scoto- + opsin.

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