retinitis
[ret-n-ahy-tis]
- inflammation of the retina.
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Origin of retinitis
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After 33 years of working in a factory, Nowlin had developed a hereditary eye disease called Retinitis pigmentosa.
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Irving thereupon stopped work, and the doctor diagnosed his case as "Retinitis conjunctivitis, both eyes."
The arteries are terminal ones, and small patches of retinitis are therefore found.
Arteriosclerosis and Hypertension:Louis Marshall Warfield
Choroiditis and retinitis may also occur, and leave permanent changes easily recognised on examination with the ophthalmoscope.
Manual of SurgeryAlexis Thomson and Alexander Miles
retinitis
- inflammation of the retina
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Word Origin
C20: from New Latin, from retina + -itis
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retinitis
(rĕt′n-ī′tĭs)- Inflammation of the retina.
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