retinae
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pluralof retina.plural
The grammatical form denoting more than one person, place, thing, or idea.
retinanounthe innermost coat of the posterior part of the eyeball that receives the image produced by the lens, is continuous with the optic nerve, and consists of several layers, one of which contains the rods and cones that are sensitive to light.
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The researchers demonstrated axon regeneration in animal models and human cells taken from retinae donated by patients.
From Science Daily ● Apr. 19, 2024
Binocular depth cues compare information represented in the two retinae because they do not see the visual field exactly the same.
From Textbooks ● Jun. 19, 2013
The visual field is projected onto the two retinae, as described above, with sorting at the optic chiasm.
From Textbooks ● Jun. 19, 2013
Because of this offset, visual stimuli do not fall on exactly the same spot on both retinae unless we are fixated directly on them and they fall on the fovea of each retina.
From Textbooks ● Jun. 19, 2013
But dirt upon a face that he wished to be clean he could not see—a fluid in his blue eyes dissolved that dirt while the image of the face was passing on to their retinae.
From The Country House by John Galsworthy