leukopsin

leukopsin
leu·kop·sin (loo-kopґsin) [leuko- + opsin] visual white; the colorless matter into which rhodopsin is changed by exposure to white light. It is reconvertible into rhodopsin under proper conditions.

Medical dictionary. 2011.

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