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tapetoretinal

tapetoretinal adjective: relating to the tapetum and the retina.

Adjective

tapetoretinal (not comparable)

  1. Relating to the tapetum and the retina
    • In a handful of patients (5 out of 255) abnormal results were obtained and explained by coexisting diffuse or central tapetoretinal degeneration.2015 June 8, R. L. Brautaset et al., “Comparison of Macular Thickness in Patients with Keratoconus and Control Subjects Using the Cirrus HD-OCT”, in BioMed Research International, volume 2015, →DOI

Origin of tapetoretinal

From tapeto- + retinal.

Words that rhyme with tapetoretinal

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Questions about tapetoretinal

What does tapetoretinal mean?
Tapetoretinal means relating to the tapetum and the retina.
What part of speech is tapetoretinal?
Tapetoretinal is an adjective.

Words near tapetoretinal in the dictionary

  1. tapetal
  2. tapete
  3. tapetes
  4. tapeti
  5. tapetis
  6. tapetoretinal
  7. tapetosome
  8. tapetosomes
  9. tapets
  10. tapetum
  11. tapetum lucidum

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