English Explanatory Dictionary

cryptochrome

English dictionary entry

Meanings

noun
  1. Any of several light-sensitive flavoproteins, involved in the circadian rhythms of plants and animals, and possibly also in the sensing of magnetic fields.

Word forms

cryptochrome cryptochromes

Etymology

From crypto- + -chrome.

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