Synonyms & related words for photoreceptor

Find synonyms, related words, and the definition of photoreceptor. Dendril is a free visual thesaurus that shows them on an interactive map where stronger matches sit closer to the center — no signup, no ads.

Words related to photoreceptor

Explore words related to photoreceptor — words associated with it, words that go with it, and its nearest matches in meaning. Related words include photoreceptive, rhodopsin, iodopsin, opsin, photomorphogenesis, retinal, photoreception, photomorphogenic. Click any word to make it the center of the map and keep exploring the web of connections.

Where does photoreceptor come from?

The word photoreceptor breaks down into 4 roots of Greek and Latin origin: photo-, from Greek phos (“light”); re-, from Latin re (“back, again”); cept, from Latin capere (“to take, receive”); and -or, from Latin or (“agent, doer”). Explore each root to see other English words built from the same source.