retina

Definition from Wiktionary, the free dictionary
Jump to: navigation, search
See also Retina, and rețină

Contents

[edit] English

Wikipedia has an article on:

Wikipedia

[edit] Noun

Illustration showing parts of the human eye, including the retina.

retina (plural retinas or retinae or retinæ)

  1. (anatomy) The thin layer of cells at the back of the eyeball where light is converted into neural signals sent to the brain.

[edit] Translations

thin layer of cells at the back of the eyeball

[edit] Derived terms

[edit] Anagrams

[edit] Dutch

[edit] Noun

retina f. and m. (plural retina's, ??? please provide the diminutive!)

  1. (anatomy) retina

[edit] Synonyms

[edit] Anagrams

[edit] Hungarian

[edit] Noun

retina

  1. retina

[edit] Italian

Italian Wikipedia has an article on:

Wikipedia it

[edit] Etymology 1

The original sense (Etymology 2) of retina, but given a specific anatomical meaning.

[edit] Pronunciation

  • IPA: /ˈrɛtina/, SAMPA: /"rEtina/
  • Hyphenation: rè‧ti‧na

[edit] Noun

retina f. (plural retine)

  1. (anatomy) retina
[edit] Derived terms

[edit] Etymology 2

rete +‎ -ina

[edit] Pronunciation

  • IPA: /reˈtina/, SAMPA: /re"tina/
  • Hyphenation: re‧tì‧na

[edit] Noun

retina f. (plural retine) (Diminutive of: rete)

  1. small net
  2. hairnet

[edit] Verb

retina

  1. third-person singular present indicative of retinare
  2. second-person singular imperative of retinare

[edit] Anagrams

[edit] Spanish

[edit] Noun

retina f. (plural retinas)

  1. retina
Retrieved from "http://en.wiktionary.org/w/index.php?title=retina&oldid=16104757"
Personal tools
Namespaces
Variants
Views
Actions
Navigation
Toolbox
In other languages