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How to use retinopathy in a sentence

10 example sentences · noun

Retinopathy means non-inflammatory disease of the retina. Example: “Her diagnoses include type 2 diabetes mellitus, primary hypertension, diabetic retinopathy, and generalized anxiety disorder.”

Examples of retinopathy by meaning

nounNon-inflammatory disease of the retina.

  • ‘I have diabetic retinopathy, monsieur.’2000, Zadie Smith, White Teeth, London: Penguin Books, published 2001, →ISBN, page 116

More sentences with retinopathy

  • Her diagnoses include type 2 diabetes mellitus, primary hypertension, diabetic retinopathy, and generalized anxiety disorder.From the entry diagnosis
  • He has a few blind spots in his eyesight because of his diabetic retinopathy.From the entry blind spot
  • Rarely, solar retinopathy has been described in sunbathers with no history of direct sungazing.2000, Frederick T. Fraunfelder, Frederick Hampton Roy, Joan Randall, Current ocular therapy, Volume 5, page 554. From the entry sungazing
  • Impaired microcirculatory perfusion appears to be crucial to the pathogenesis of both neuropathy and retinopathy in diabetics.1998 May, M. F. McCarty, “Nitric oxide deficiency, leukocyte activation, and resultant ischemia are crucial to the pathogenesis of…. From the entry hyperglycemically
  • In some studies of diabetic patients, serum IGF-I levels or vitreal IGF-I levels are associated with proliferative retinopathy (6 ).1997 June 13, “Essential Role of Growth Hormone in Ischemia-Induced Retinal Neovascularization”, in Science, volume 276, number 5319…. From the entry vitreal
  • Researchers have access to different rodent models of systemic (diabetes, hypertension) and ocular (glaucoma, diabetic retinopathy, nonarteritic ischemic optic neuropathy, hereditary optic nerve and retinal) diseases.2015 July 31, “Compact Laser Doppler Flowmeter (LDF) Fundus Camera for the Assessment of Retinal Blood Perfusion in Small Animals”, in…. From the entry nonarteritic
  • NPDR can be further classified as mild, moderate, severe, or very severe, which can help predict how quickly the patient may progress to proliferative (neovascular) diabetic retinopathy (PDR).2003, Janice A. Gault, Ophthalmology Pearls. From the entry mild
  • Human trials have shown that the flavonoids of pycnogenol can prevent peripheral hemorrhage, swelling of legs due to water retention, diabetic retinopathy, and high blood pressure.1998, Joe M. Elrod, Supplements for Fibromyalgia, page 26. From the entry pycnogenol
  • Of note, the relationship between BMI and DR only exists in the diabetic vasoregression stage (any retinopathy), but not in more severe stages (i.e. increased permeability (DME) or angiogenesis (PDR)).2015 July 16, “Risk Factors for Retinopathy and DME in Type 2 Diabetes—Results from the German/Austrian DPV Database”, in PLOS ONE, →DOI. From the entry vasoregression

Meaning of retinopathy

  1. noun Non-inflammatory disease of the retina.

Full definition of retinopathy

Questions about retinopathy in a sentence

How do you use retinopathy in a sentence?
Retinopathy is used as a noun. For example: “Her diagnoses include type 2 diabetes mellitus, primary hypertension, diabetic retinopathy, and generalized anxiety disorder.”
What is a short sentence with retinopathy?
“‘I have diabetic retinopathy, monsieur.’”
What does retinopathy mean?
Retinopathy means non-inflammatory disease of the retina.

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