Definitions
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.
- noun A pathological disorder of the retina.
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- noun medicine Non-
inflammatory disease of theretina .
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- noun a disease of the retina that can result in loss of vision
Etymologies
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Examples
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Projects based at the Hospital include clinical investigations into the epidemiology of myopia and eye growth, eye trauma and retinal injury, pediatric glaucomas, epidemiology and imaging in retinopathy of prematurity, genetic investigations in myopia and anophthalmia, and congenital ptosis.
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This, the doctor informs you, is known as retinopathy.
Milt Bedingfield: Type 2 Diabetes: What Termites Can Teach Us About the Dangers of High Blood Sugar Milt Bedingfield 2011
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This, the doctor informs you, is known as retinopathy.
Milt Bedingfield: Type 2 Diabetes: What Termites Can Teach Us About the Dangers of High Blood Sugar Milt Bedingfield 2011
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The consequences can be grave, with circulatory problems leading to amputations and diabetic retinopathy is now one of the leading causes of blindness in Canada.
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Babies born before 30 weeks of gestation have immature eyes and are at high risk of developing a condition called retinopathy of prematurity that is caused by uncontrolled growth of blood vessels in the eye.
Drug Shows Promise For Newborn Blindness Jennifer Corbett Dooren 2011
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The change is based on research indicating the high levels may contribute to a condition called retinopathy of prematurity, a leading cause of blindness.
Small Steps: How Hospitals Save More Preemie Lives Laura Landro 2011
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Oxygen-caused RLF — today called retinopathy of prematurity — seemed conquered, though it continues to strike preemies at a much-reduced rate.
Doctor Pinpointed Oxygen as Cause of Preemies' Blindness Stephen Miller 2010
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Oxygen-caused RLF — today called retinopathy of prematurity — seemed conquered, though it continues to strike preemies at a much-reduced rate.
Doctor Pinpointed Oxygen as Cause of Preemies' Blindness Stephen Miller 2010
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Oxygen-caused RLF — today called retinopathy of prematurity — seemed conquered, though it continues to strike preemies at a much-reduced rate.
Doctor Pinpointed Oxygen as Cause of Preemies' Blindness Stephen Miller 2010
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Antimalarials can cause damage to the eyes, particularly to the retina, called retinopathy.
THE LUPUS HANDBOOK FOR WOMEN ROBIN DIBNER 1994
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