DIABETIC RETINOPATHY

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 I. (noun) 

Sense 1

Meaning:

Retinopathy involving damage to the small blood vessels in the retina; results from chronically high blood glucose levels in people with poorly controlled diabetes

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Nouns denoting stable states of affairs

Hypernyms ("diabetic retinopathy" is a kind of...):

retinopathy (a disease of the retina that can result in loss of vision)

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