retina
/ˈɹɛt.ɪ.nə/US/ˈɹɛt.ə.nə/
retina noun: 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.
Noun
retina meaning in Hindi, Tamil, Marathi and Urdu
retina in Hindi
- thin layer of cells at the back of the eyeball
- रेटिना reṭinā
retina in Tamil
- விழித்திரை, ரெட்டினா
retina in Marathi
- रेटिना, दृष्टिपटल
retina in Urdu
- thin layer of cells at the back of the eyeball
- شبکیہ, ریٹنا reṭinā
More languagesFewer languages
- retina in Bengali
- রেটিনা reṭina
- retina in Telugu
- రెటీనా, రెటినా
- retina in Malayalam
- റെറ്റിന ṟeṟṟina
- retina in Kannada
- ಅಕ್ಷಿಪಟಲ, ಪ್ರಕಾಶಗ್ರಾಹಿ ಪೊರೆ, ಕಣ್ಣಪೊರೆ
- retina in Punjabi
- ਰੇਟਿਨਾ, ਰੈਟੀਨਾ, ਰੈਟਿਨਾ
- retina in Gujarati
- રેટિના, દૃષ્ટિપટલ
- retina in Odia
- ଅକ୍ଷିପଟ akṣipaṭa
- retina in Nepali
- रेटिना, दृष्टिपटल
- retina in Tagalog
- busilig
- retina in Arabic
- شَبَكِيَّة عَيْن šabakiyyat ʕayn, شَبَكِيَّة šabakiyya
- retina in Malay
- retina
- retina in Indonesian
- retina
- retina in Persian
- شبکیه šabakiyye
- retina in Thai
- จอตา jor-dtaa
- retina in Vietnamese
- võng mạc, màng lưới
- retina in Myanmar
- မြင်လွှာ mranghlwa
Examples of retina in a sentence
- Long-standing diabetes often causes neuropathy in the retinas, fingertips, and toes.
- These pinealocytes are similar to the rods and cones in the retina of your eye.
- During the recording the retina was continuously superfused with carbogenated Ames’ medium (Sigma Aldrich) at 35–37°C.
Forms of retina
| plural | retinas |
|---|---|
| plural | retinae |
| plural (archaic) | retinæ |
Origin of retina
From Middle English rethina, borrowing from Medieval Latin rētīna (“retina”, feminine noun), ellipsis of tunica rētīna (“net-like tunic”), used to describe the blood vessel system at the back of the eye. The phrase is attested in the 12th century in Guillelmus the abbot and Gerard of Cremona—the latter may have created this phrase as a translation for Arabic طَبَقَة شَبَكِيَّة (ṭabaqa šabakiyya) "net-like layer", which translates Ancient Greek ἀμφιβληστροειδής χῐτών (amphiblēstroeidḗs khĭtṓn, “retina”), which is attested in the ancient medical writer Galen.
Words formed from retina
- calretinin
- detached retina
- ectoretina
- hemiretina
- neuroretina
- retinal
- retinectomy
- retinex
- retinitis
- retinization
- retinize
- retinoic
- retinoid
- retinol
- retino-
- retin-
- retinotomy
Words that rhyme with retina
Questions about retina
- What does retina mean?
- Retina means 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.
- What is retina in Hindi?
- Retina in Hindi is रेटिना (reṭinā). See Retina meaning in Hindi.
- What part of speech is retina?
- Retina is a noun.
- How do you pronounce retina?
- Retina is pronounced /ˈɹɛt.ɪ.nə/ (UK).
- What is the plural of retina?
- The plural of retina is retinas.
Words near retina in the dictionary
Source and license
Adapted from Wiktionary: retina (page history and authors); retina (Tamil Wiktionary) (page history and authors); retina (Marathi, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); retina (Telugu, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); റെറ്റിന (Malayalam) (page history and authors); retina (Kannada Wiktionary) (page history and authors); retina (Punjabi, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); retina (Gujarati, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); ଅକ୍ଷିପଟ (Odia) (page history and authors); retina (Nepali, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license). 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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