photoreceptor

Views Updated: Dec 15, 2025

Key Facts

Abbreviation
PR
Pronunciation
/ˌfoʊtoʊrɪˈseptər/
Category
Medical
Related Field
British Medicine

Examples in Context

  1. They consist of no more than two cells : a photoreceptor(PR) cell and a pigment cell.
  2. Objective : To study the characteristics of neonatal calf retinal cell communications and cell junctions of photoreceptor(PR) cells.
  3. Extracellular CA-1 mediates the hydration of CO2 released from the photoreceptor(PR) cells to bicarbonate within the vitreous.
  4. Retinal light injury can cause photoreceptor(PR) apoptosis and retinal degeneration, and may even lead to irreversible blindness.
  5. Vitamins function as photoreceptor(PR) mechanism of retina, maintenance of integrity of epithelia, lysosome stability, glycoprotein synthesis.

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