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hemiretina

hemiretina noun: either half of a retina (either the nasal or the temporal hemiretinas).

Noun

hemiretina (plural hemiretinas)

  1. Either half of a retina (either the nasal or the temporal hemiretinas)
    • Furthermore, the interhemispheric ratio of the volume of cortex activated in patients who had undergone unilateral enucleation reflected the expected cortical dominance in the hemisphere receiving the nasal hemiretina projection from the remaining eye.2015 August 1, “Spatiotemporal Patterns of Tumor Occurrence in Children with Intraocular Retinoblastoma”, in PLOS ONE, →DOI

Forms of hemiretina

pluralhemiretinas

Origin of hemiretina

From hemi- + retina.

Words that rhyme with hemiretina

Questions about hemiretina

What does hemiretina mean?
Hemiretina means either half of a retina (either the nasal or the temporal hemiretinas).
What part of speech is hemiretina?
Hemiretina is a noun.
What is the plural of hemiretina?
The plural of hemiretina is hemiretinas.

Words near hemiretina in the dictionary

  1. hemipyramids
  2. hemiramphid
  3. hemiramphids
  4. hemiray
  5. hemirays
  6. hemiretina
  7. hemiretinal
  8. hemiretinas
  9. hemis
  10. hemisacrum
  11. hemiscalp

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