photoreception

US:USA pronunciation: respellingUSA pronunciation: respelling(fō′tō ri sepshən)


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pho•to•re•cep•tion  (fō′tō ri sepshən),USA pronunciation n. 
  1. Physiologythe physiological perception of light.
  • photo- + reception 1905–10
pho′to•re•ceptive, adj. 


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