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cilioretinal

cilioretinal adjective: relating to the ciliary body and the retina.

Adjective

cilioretinal (not comparable)

  1. Relating to the ciliary body and the retina
    • Note that the cilioretinal vessels (black arrowheads) at the disc margin move into the PPA region as the disc tilt progresses.2015 July 6, “Optic Disc Change during Childhood Myopic Shift: Comparison between Eyes with an Enlarged Cup-To-Disc Ratio and Childhood Glaucoma Compared to Normal Myopic Eyes”, in PLOS ONE, →DOI
    Synonyms:
    retinociliary

Synonyms of cilioretinal

Origin of cilioretinal

From cilio- + retinal.

Words that rhyme with cilioretinal

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Questions about cilioretinal

What does cilioretinal mean?
Cilioretinal means relating to the ciliary body and the retina.
What part of speech is cilioretinal?
Cilioretinal is an adjective.

Words near cilioretinal in the dictionary

  1. ciliopathy
  2. ciliophoran
  3. ciliophorans
  4. cilioplasm
  5. cilioplasmic
  6. cilioretinal
  7. cilioskeleton
  8. cilioskeletons
  9. ciliospinal
  10. ciliostasis
  11. ciliostatic

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