cone cell

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   a visual receptor cell in the retina that is sensitive to bright light and to color

   Synonymsconeretinal cone

   Broadervisual cell

   Part ofretina

   Partsiodopsin

Questions about cone cell

What does cone cell mean?

cone cell means "a visual receptor cell in the retina that is sensitive to bright light and to color".

What is another word for cone cell?

Close synonyms include cone, retinal cone. Each sense on this page lists its own synonyms, because a word with several meanings rarely has one substitute that works for all of them.

Is cone cell a common word?

cone cell is banded "Uncommon" — turns up in careful writing rather than conversation. The band comes from how often the word appears in a large corpus of everyday English, not from an editor's impression.