Organ or Tissue Function
dark adaptation
dark ad·ap·ta·tion
Subclass of:
Adaptation, Ocular
Definitions related to dark adaptation:
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Adaptation of the eye to vision in the dark or in reduced illumination (night vision), with build-up of rhodopsin in the retinal rods; called also scotopic adaptation.CRISP ThesaurusNational Institutes of Health, 2006
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Adjustment of the eyes under conditions of low light. The sensitivity of the eye to light is increased during dark adaptation.NLM Medical Subject HeadingsU.S. National Library of Medicine, 2021
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The process by which the rods of the retina gradually become fully responsive to dim light when no longer exposed to bright light.Gene Ontology DictionaryGene Ontology Consortium, 2021
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