Usually means: Detection and response to light.
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General (7 matching dictionaries)
  1. photoreception: Merriam-Webster
  2. photoreception: American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language
  3. photoreception: Collins English Dictionary
  4. photoreception: Wiktionary
  5. photoreception: Infoplease Dictionary
  6. photoreception: Dictionary.com
  7. photoreception: TheFreeDictionary.com

Computing (1 matching dictionary)
  1. photoreception: Encyclopedia

Medicine (2 matching dictionaries)
  1. photoreception: Merriam-Webster Medical Dictionary
  2. photoreception: Medical dictionary

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▸ noun:  (biology) The absorption of light energy by plants and animals, and its utilization for biologically important purposes

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phototransduction, photoregulation, photophysiology, photobiophysics, photobiology, photoadaptation, phototolerance, photosynthesis, photorelocation, photobiotechnology, more...

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phototransduction, photoregulation, photophysiology, photobiophysics, photobiology, photoadaptation, phototolerance, photosynthesis, photorelocation, photobiotechnology, more...



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