retinal
/ˈɹɛt.ɪn.əl/US/ˈɹɛt.ən.əl/
retinal adjective: of or pertaining to the retina.
Adjective
retinal (not comparable)
- Of or pertaining to the retina.
Noun
US/ˈɹɛt.əˌnæl/
retinal (countable and uncountable, plural retinals)
- A yellow to orange aldehyde derived from vitamin A that is formed from rhodopsin by the action of light and in combination with proteins forms the visual pigments of the retinal rods and cones.
- Synonyms:
- retinaldehyde, retinene
retinal meaning in Tamil and Tagalog
retinal in Tamil
- விழித்திரைக்குரிய
retinal in Tagalog
- of or pertaining to the retina
- busiligin
Examples of retinal in a sentence
- Your brain has a third eye in the center and it has retinal tissue.
- We demonstrated that microdensitometric method measures the column of blood in the retinal arterioles.
- Macular OCT on the left eye showed hyporeflective intraretinal cystoid cavities with subretinal fluid composed of retinal elevation.
Synonyms of retinal
Forms of retinal
| plural | retinals |
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Origin of retinal
From retina + -al (“of or pertaining to”).
From retina + -al (“aldehyde”).
Words formed from retinal
- antiretinal
- central retinal artery
- cerebroretinal
- chorioretinal
- cilioretinal
- colliculoretinal
- corneoretinal
- electroretinal
- epiretinal
- extraretinal
- hemiretinal
- intraretinal
- intrinsically photosensitive retinal ganglion cell
- melanopsin-containing retinal ganglion cell
- neuroretinal
- nonretinal
- panretinal
- periretinal
- photosensitive retinal ganglion cell
- postretinal
- preretinal
- retinal art
- retinally
- retinal purple
- subretinal
- tapetoretinal
- transretinal
- vitreoretinal
- neoretinal
Phrases with retinal
Words that rhyme with retinal
- antiretinal
- cerebroretinal
- chorioretinal
- cilioretinal
- colliculoretinal
- corneoretinal
- electroretinal
- epiretinal
- extraretinal
- hemiretinal
- intraretinal
- neuroretinal
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Questions about retinal
- What does retinal mean?
- Retinal means of or pertaining to the retina.
- What is retinal in Tamil?
- Retinal in Tamil is விழித்திரைக்குரிய. See Retinal meaning in Tamil.
- What part of speech is retinal?
- Retinal can be an adjective or a noun.
- How do you pronounce retinal?
- Retinal is pronounced /ˈɹɛt.ɪn.əl/ (UK).
Words near retinal in the dictionary
Source and license
Adapted from Wiktionary: retinal (page history and authors); retinal (Tamil Wiktionary) (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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