retinitis pigmentosa

[pig-men-toh-suh, -muhn-]

noun

Ophthalmology.

1. degeneration of the retina manifested by night blindness and gradual loss of peripheral vision, eventually resulting in tunnel vision or total blindness.

retinitis pigmentosa

/ ˌpɪɡmənˈtəʊsə /

noun

1. a degenerative hereditary disease of the human eye, characterized by pigmentary changes in the retina, night blindness, and eventual loss of vision

retinitis pigmentosa

1. A hereditary degenerative disease of the retina, characterized by difficulty seeing at night, pigmentary changes within the retina, and eventual loss of vision.

Word History and Origins

Origin of retinitis pigmentosa¹

1860–65; < New Latin: pigmentary retinitis. See pigment, -ose ¹

Word History and Origins

Origin of retinitis pigmentosa¹

C19: pigmentosa , feminine of Latin pigmentosus

Example Sentences

McCausland, 47, was registered blind after losing his sight to retinitis pigmentosa, a hereditary condition, in his 20s.

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Because for Pembroke - who has only 10% vision having been diagnosed with a degenerative eye condition, retinitis pigmentosa, when he was six - it's not just about beer.

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At the age of two, Toby Addison was diagnosed with early onset rod cone dystrophy and retinitis pigmentosa, which meant his eyesight would slowly deteriorate.

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McCausland, 47, was registered blind after losing his sight to retinitis pigmentosa in his 20s.

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He told the i newspaper in 2023 that he had lost his sight completely by the age of 22, from a hereditary condition called retinitis pigmentosa, which his grandmother and mother also had.

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