photoreception

American  

[foh-toh-ri-sep-shuhn] / ˌfoʊ toʊ rɪˈsɛp ʃən /

noun

1. the physiological perception of light.

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Other Word Forms

• photoreceptive adjective

Etymology

Origin of photoreception

First recorded in 1905–10; photo- + reception

Example Sentences

“There’s a growing understanding that the ability to see without eyes or eye-like structures, called extraocular photoreception, is more widespread than we thought,” says Julia Sigwart, an evolutionary biologist at Queen’s University Belfast, UK, and a study co-author.

From Nature

Vision is an advanced form of photoreception — that is, light sensing.

From Salon

Vision is an advanced form of photoreception – that is, light sensing.

From Scientific American

Finally, an unexpected recent finding in research led by Solomon Snyder and Dan Berkowitz, also at Johns Hopkins University, found that blood vessels in mice contain melanopsin, the opsin used in retinal nonvisual photoreception.

From Scientific American

Rhodopsin, a marker for photoreception, was found at only 3 per cent of the level of normal retinal cells, suggesting that it may be necessary for scientists to reprogramme the cells.

From Forbes