retinitisn.

Brit.

/ˌrɛtᵻˈnʌɪtᵻs/, U.S.

/ˌrɛtnˈaɪdᵻs/,

/rɛdəˈnaɪdᵻs/

Inflections: Plural retinitides.

Origin: A borrowing from Latin. Etymon: Latin retinitis.

Etymology: < scientific Latin retinitis ( C. H. Weller Krankheiten des menschlichen Auges (1806) II. ii. 198) < post-classical Latin retina retina n.¹) + scientific Latin -itis -itis suffix.

Medicine.

Inflammation of the retina; an instance of this.Sometimes used imprecisely for non-inflammatory disease of the retina; cf. retinopathy n. See also retinitis pigmentosa n.

ΘΚΠ

the world > health and disease > ill health > a disease > disorders of eye > [noun] > disorders of retina

retinitis1821

retinitis pigmentosa1859

retinal detachment1860

detached retina1863

choroido-retinitis1869

neuroretinitis1878

chorioretinitis1880

pseudoglioma1884

macular degeneration1918

retinoblastoma1924

pseudofovea1925

retinopathy1930

RP1975

Rb1976

1821 G. C. Monteath tr. C. H. Weller Man. Dis. Human Eye II. ii. 71 (heading) Pure Inflammation of the Retina. Retinitis.

1861 F. J. Bumstead Pathol. & Treatm. Venereal Dis. ii. xii. 631 Several cases of syphilitic retinitis occurring at various intervals after iritis.

1879 St. George's Hosp. Rep. 9 532 A specimen of pigmentary retinitis, with commencing lenticular opacity.

1924 Amer. Mercury Nov. 330/2 Nearly everyone knows something of its reputation for producing blindness—the result of retrobulbar neuritis and retinitis.

1992 N.Y. Times Mag. 17 May 44/1 I was even thinking CMV retinitis that comes from an AIDS infection.

1996 A. Theroux Secondary Colors 165 A concentration of ultraviolet light can be damaging to the eyes and lead to solar retinitis.

2005 Surv. Ophthalmol. 50 322/2 Retinal infiltrates and perivasculitis in patients with posterior uveitis should be differentiated from other causes of retinal vasculitis and retinitis such as..spirochetal retinitides (acquired syphilis, lyme disease).

This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, March 2010; most recently modified version published online March 2022).

单词	retinitis
释义	retinitisn. Brit. /ˌrɛtᵻˈnʌɪtᵻs/, U.S. /ˌrɛtnˈaɪdᵻs/, /rɛdəˈnaɪdᵻs/ Inflections: Plural retinitides. Origin: A borrowing from Latin. Etymon: Latin retinitis. Etymology: < scientific Latin retinitis ( C. H. Weller Krankheiten des menschlichen Auges (1806) II. ii. 198) < post-classical Latin retina retina n.¹) + scientific Latin -itis -itis suffix. Medicine. Inflammation of the retina; an instance of this.Sometimes used imprecisely for non-inflammatory disease of the retina; cf. retinopathy n. See also retinitis pigmentosa n. ΘΚΠ the world > health and disease > ill health > a disease > disorders of eye > [noun] > disorders of retina retinitis1821 retinitis pigmentosa1859 retinal detachment1860 detached retina1863 choroido-retinitis1869 neuroretinitis1878 chorioretinitis1880 pseudoglioma1884 macular degeneration1918 retinoblastoma1924 pseudofovea1925 retinopathy1930 RP1975 Rb1976 1821 G. C. Monteath tr. C. H. Weller Man. Dis. Human Eye II. ii. 71 (heading) Pure Inflammation of the Retina. Retinitis. 1861 F. J. Bumstead Pathol. & Treatm. Venereal Dis. ii. xii. 631 Several cases of syphilitic retinitis occurring at various intervals after iritis. 1879 St. George's Hosp. Rep. 9 532 A specimen of pigmentary retinitis, with commencing lenticular opacity. 1924 Amer. Mercury Nov. 330/2 Nearly everyone knows something of its reputation for producing blindness—the result of retrobulbar neuritis and retinitis. 1992 N.Y. Times Mag. 17 May 44/1 I was even thinking CMV retinitis that comes from an AIDS infection. 1996 A. Theroux Secondary Colors 165 A concentration of ultraviolet light can be damaging to the eyes and lead to solar retinitis. 2005 Surv. Ophthalmol. 50 322/2 Retinal infiltrates and perivasculitis in patients with posterior uveitis should be differentiated from other causes of retinal vasculitis and retinitis such as..spirochetal retinitides (acquired syphilis, lyme disease). This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, March 2010; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < n.1821
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