Organ or Tissue Function
dark adaptation Audio
dark ad·ap·ta·tion
Subclass of:
Adaptation, Ocular
Definitions related to dark adaptation:
  • 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 Thesaurus
    National Institutes of Health, 2006
  • Adjustment of the eyes under conditions of low light. The sensitivity of the eye to light is increased during dark adaptation.
    NLM Medical Subject Headings
    U.S. National Library of Medicine, 2021
  • 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 Dictionary
    Gene Ontology Consortium, 2021
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