ablatio retinae

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English[edit]

Etymology[edit]

Borrowed from Latin ablatio (“carrying away”) + Middle English rethina, from Medieval Latin retina, from Latin rete (“net”).

Pronunciation[edit]

  • (US) IPA(key): /æbˈleɪ.ʃi.oʊ ˈɹɜt.n̩.i/

Noun[edit]

ablatio retinae (uncountable)

  1. (medicine) Detachment of the retina.

References[edit]

  • Thomas, Clayton L., editor (1940), Taber's Encyclopedic Medical Dictionary, 5th edition, Philadelphia, PA: F. A. Davis Company, published 1993, →ISBN, page 6
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