photoreceptiveadj.
/ˌfəʊtə(ʊ)rᵻˈsɛptɪv/, U.S. /ˈˌfoʊdərəˈsɛptɪv/ Biology.
Able to respond to light; of or relating to photoreception.
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projectional1852
facilitatory1867
conductive1881
cheirokinaesthetic1900
nociceptive1904
interoceptive1906
photoreceptive1906
proprioceptive1906
adrenotropic1915
photosensory1919
adrenergic1934
saltatory1934
somatotopic1945
psychomotoric1949
supersensitive1949
mechanoreceptive1951
trans-synaptic1954
somatotopical1958
electroreceptive1967
psychomotorical1969
1906 C. S. Sherrington Integrative Action Nerv. Syst. ix. 334 The elaborateness of the photo-receptive organs of the flying Insecta corresponds with the great power of these forms to traverse space.
1964 Oceanogr. & Marine Biol. 2 403 The photoreceptor pigment..in Diadema..has an absorption maximum in its acid form at 462/63 mμ, but whether it is involved in the photoreceptive process is as yet unknown.
1989 B. Alberts et al. Molecular Biol. Cell (ed. 2) xix. 1105 The rod cell..consists of an outer segment, containing the photoreceptive apparatus.
2000 Sciences May 10/2 Schulten had speculated that photoreceptive pigments might enable some animals to detect magnetic fields.
This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, March 2006; most recently modified version published online March 2022).
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adj.1906