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Retinol vs Retina - What's the difference?

retinol | retina |

As nouns the difference between retinol and retina

is that retinol is a fat-soluble carotenoid vitamin (vitamin A), present in fish oils and green vegetables, essential to normal vision and to bone development while retina is the thin layer of cells at the back of the eyeball where light is converted into neural signals sent to the brain.

retinol

English

(wikipedia retinol)

Noun

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  • (organic compound, biochemistry) A fat-soluble carotenoid vitamin (vitamin A), present in fish oils and green vegetables, essential to normal vision and to bone development.

    • Anagrams

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    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

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    External links

    * (wikipedia "retina")

    References

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