Usually means: Photoreceptor, sensitive to low light.
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  3. rod cell: Wiktionary
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Definitions from Wiktionary (rod cell)

▸ noun:  (anatomy) Any of the cylindrical photoreceptor cells in the retina that function in dim light levels.

Similar:
rod, retinal rod, red cell, retinocyte, rhodocyte, pRGC, red corpuscle, reticulocyte, mRGC, ring light, more...

Opposite:
cone cell, photoreceptor

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Similar:
rod, retinal rod, red cell, retinocyte, rhodocyte, pRGC, red corpuscle, reticulocyte, mRGC, ring light, more...

Opposite:
cone cell, photoreceptor



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