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Retina vs Vitreoretinal - What's the difference?

retina | vitreoretinal |

As a verb retina

is .

As an adjective vitreoretinal is

of or pertaining to the vitreous humour and the retina.

retina

English

Noun

  • (anatomy) The thin layer of cells at the back of the eyeball where light is converted into neural signals sent to the brain.

    • Derived terms

    * retinal * retinitis * retinopathy * detached retina

    Anagrams

    * *

    External links

    * (wikipedia "retina")

    References

    English nouns with irregular plurals ----

    vitreoretinal

    English

    Adjective

    (-)
  • Of or pertaining to the vitreous humour and the retina.
  • *{{quote-news, year=2009, date=October 7, author=, title=A Nation at Odds Over Health Care, work=New York Times citation
    • , passage=Until today, in my practice as a vitreoretinal surgeon, I offered patients a choice of Avastin or Lucentis, sometimes remarking that Avastin is the socially responsible way to treat wet age-related macular degeneration. }}