cone cell

English

Noun

cone cell (plural cone cells)

(anatomy) Any of the photoreceptor cells in the retina that are responsible for colour vision in relatively bright light.

Coordinate terms

(anatomy): rod cell

Translations

any of the cylindrical photoreceptor cells in the retina

Catalan: con de la retina m
Dutch: kegeltje (nl) n
Finnish: tappisolu (fi), tappi (fi)

Japanese: 錐体細胞 (suitai-saibō)
Russian: ко́лбочка (ru) f (kólbočka)
Swedish: tapp (sv) c

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