retinas
- plural of retina.
Example Sentences
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At an adaptive sports session early this year, the group made contact with Walt Raineri, a former paralympian in sailing with retitnitus pigmentosa — a hereditary disease that attacks the retinas.
From Los Angeles Times • Aug. 14, 2025
His condition means the light sensitive cells of his retinas gradually deteriorated until he could no longer see.
From BBC • Dec. 14, 2024
Since your retinas lack pain receptors, you won’t know that the damage has been done until it’s too late.
From Slate • Mar. 3, 2024
Because their retinas have fewer cones—the photoreceptors that perceive color—cats are thought to see the world less vibrantly and in fewer hues than humans.
From National Geographic • Jan. 2, 2024
The eyes of Doctor T. J. Eckleburg are blue and gigantic--their retinas are one yard high.
From " The Great Gatsby" by F. Scott Fitzgerald
