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retinas

  • plural
    of retina.
    retina
    noun
    the 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 spacecraft also delivered equipment for manufacturing artificial retinas in microgravity, the condition of near weightlessness experienced aboard the space station.

From Science Daily ● Oct. 16, 2026

Viewing the eclipse directly could cause the retinas - "the lining at the back of the eye that acts like a film in a camera" - to burn, he warned.

From BBC ● Aug. 11, 2026

For this study, the Yale team successfully used a dual patch clamp technique on fully intact mouse retinas.

From Science Daily ● Jul. 14, 2026

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

He wouldn’t be surprised if he had detached retinas.

From "Scythe" by Neal Shusterman

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