Definitions
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.
- noun Inflammation of the retina.
from The Century Dictionary.
- noun Inflammation of the retina.
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- noun (Med.) Inflammation of the retina.
from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.
- noun pathology Inflammation of the
retina
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- noun inflammation of the retina
Etymologies
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Examples
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About one in 3,000 people are blind due to one of this group of hereditary diseases, called retinitis pigmentosa, and might potentially benefit from the artificial retina.
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About one in 3,000 people are blind due to one of this group of hereditary diseases, called retinitis pigmentosa, and might potentially benefit from the artificial retina.
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About one in 3,000 people are blind due to one of this group of hereditary diseases, called retinitis pigmentosa, and might potentially benefit from the artificial retina.
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About one in 3,000 people are blind due to one of this group of hereditary diseases, called retinitis pigmentosa, and might potentially benefit from the artificial retina.
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She was born with a disorder called retinitis pigmentosa, a disorder that has impaired her vision since the day she was born.
Chicken Soup for the Soul: Thanks Mom Jack Canfield 2009
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She was born with a disorder called retinitis pigmentosa, a disorder that has impaired her vision since the day she was born.
Chicken Soup for the Soul: Thanks Mom Jack Canfield 2009
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The only documented harmful effect of too much vitamin E is the worsening of a rare eye problem known as retinitis pigmentosa.
Eat, Drink, and Be Healthy M.D. Walter C. Willett 2005
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The only documented harmful effect of too much vitamin E is the worsening of a rare eye problem known as retinitis pigmentosa.
Eat, Drink, and Be Healthy M.D. Walter C. Willett 2005
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There are people who come to us for treatment of pigmentary retinitis, which is not cured anywhere else in the world.
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Hemeralopia (etymologically day-blindness, but by common usage meaning day-vision or night-blindness) is a symptom of a peculiar degenerative disease of the retina, called retinitis pigmentosa.
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