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retinæ

retinæ is the plural of retina.

Meaning of retina

Noun

retina (plural retinas or retinae or (archaic) retinæ)

  1. The thin layer of cells at the back of the eyeball that contains rods and cones sensitive to light, which trigger nerve impulses that pass via the optic nerve to the brain, where a visual image is formed.

Questions about retinæ

What is retinæ the plural of?
Retinæ is the plural of retina.

Words near retinæ in the dictionary

  1. retinules
  2. retinyl
  3. retinylamine
  4. retinylidene
  5. retinyls
  6. retinæ
  7. retip
  8. retipilate
  9. retipped
  10. retipping
  11. retips

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Adapted from Wiktionary: retinæ (page history and authors); retina (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

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