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detached retina

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from WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.

  • noun visual impairment resulting from the retina becoming separated from the choroid in the back of the eye; treated by photocoagulation

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synonyms (20)

Words with the same meaning

  1. amaurosis
  2. blepharitis
  3. cataract
  4. choroiditis
  5. conjunctivitis
  6. cross-eye
  7. defective vision
  8. esotropia
  9. eye defect
  10. glaucoma
  11. gutta serena
  12. iritis
  13. keratitis
  14. optic neuritis
  15. pink eye
  16. retinoblastoma
  17. sty
  18. trachoma
  19. uveitis
  20. walleye

hypernyms (4)

Words that are more generic or abstract

  1. vision defect
  2. visual defect
  3. visual disorder
  4. visual impairment

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