photopic eye

light-a·dapt·ed eye

an eye that has been exposed to light, with bleaching of rhodopsin (visual purple) and insensitivity to low illumination.

Synonym(s): photopic eye

photopic eye

See light-adapted eye.

light-a·dapt·ed eye

(līt-ă-dap'tĕd ī)

An eye that has been exposed to light, with bleaching of rhodopsin (visual purple) and insensitivity to low illumination.
Synonym(s): photopic eye.