RETINOPATHY

Pronunciation (US):

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 I. (noun) 

Sense 1

Meaning:

A disease of the retina that can result in loss of vision

Classified under:

Nouns denoting stable states of affairs

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

eye disease (any disease of the eye)

Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "retinopathy"):

diabetic retinopathy (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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