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retinitis pigmentosa

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from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.

  • noun A hereditary degenerative disease of the retina, characterized by night blindness, pigmentary changes within the retina, and eventual loss of vision.

Etymologies

from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 4th Edition

[New Latin pigmentōsa, feminine of pigmentōsus, pigmented.]

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