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VISUAL CELL

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Dictionary entry overview: What does visual cell mean?

• VISUAL CELL (noun)
The noun VISUAL CELL has 1 sense:

1. one of the cells of the retina that is sensitive to light

Familiarity information: VISUAL CELL used as a noun is very rare.

Dictionary entry details

• VISUAL CELL (noun)

Sense 1

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Meaning:

One of the cells of the retina that is sensitive to light

Classified under:

Nouns denoting body parts

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

somatic cell; vegetative cell (any of the cells of a plant or animal except the reproductive cells; a cell that does not participate in the production of gametes)

Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "visual cell"):

cone; cone cell; retinal cone (visual receptor cell sensitive to color)

retinal rod; rod; rod cell (visual receptor cell sensitive to dim light)

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

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

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