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purple(2)(dictionary)
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purple 2, adjective(dictionary)
purple 1, noun(dictionary)
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purple membrane(medicine)

Visual purple (medicine)


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rhodopsin
<protein> Light sensitive pigment formed from retinal linked through a Schiff's base to opsin: rhodopsin is an integral membrane protein found in the discs of retinal rods and cones, comprising some 40% of the membrane. Vertebrate opsins are proteins of 38 kD.

See: bacteriorhodopsin.