Usually means: Sensitive to or detecting light.
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General (7 matching dictionaries)
  1. photoreceptive: Merriam-Webster
  2. photoreceptive: Oxford Learner's Dictionaries
  3. photoreceptive: Collins English Dictionary
  4. photoreceptive: Wordnik
  5. photoreceptive: Wiktionary
  6. photoreceptive: Dictionary.com
  7. photoreceptive: TheFreeDictionary.com

Computing (1 matching dictionary)
  1. photoreceptive: Encyclopedia

Medicine (4 matching dictionaries)
  1. photoreceptive: Merriam-Webster Medical Dictionary
  2. Dorland's Illustrated Medical Dictionary (No longer online)
  3. online medical dictionary (No longer online)
  4. photoreceptive: Medical dictionary

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Definitions from Wiktionary (photoreceptive)

▸ adjective:  (biology) Absorbing and using light, especially for sensory purposes

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photopositive, phototolerant, phototrophic, photophilic, photoadaptational, photophobic, photobiotic, photobionic, photobiomodulatory, photoblastic, more...

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photopositive, phototolerant, phototrophic, photophilic, photoadaptational, photophobic, photobiotic, photobionic, photobiomodulatory, photoblastic, more...



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