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单词 retinopathy
释义

retinopathyn.

Brit. /ˌrɛtᵻˈnɒpəθi/, U.S. /ˌrɛtnˈɑpəθi/
Origin: Formed within English, by compounding. Etymons: retino- comb. form, -pathy comb. form.
Etymology: < retino- comb. form + -pathy comb. form.
Medicine.
Non-inflammatory disease of the retina; an instance of this. Cf. retinitis n.
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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
1930 A. M. Fishberg & B. S. Oppenheimer in Arch. Internal Med. 46 902 It is of great diagnostic and prognostic importance to differentiate three ophthalmoscopic pictures..1. Retinal arteriosclerosis and arteriosclerotic retinopathy.
1939 M. L. Hine May & Worth's Man. Dis. Eye (ed. 8) xviii. 288 To distinguish the non-inflammatory affections from the inflammatory, the now-accepted term ‘retinopathy’..has been adopted.
1966 G. P. Wright & W. S. Symmers Systemic Pathol. II. xl. 1629/2 It was supposed that the variety of ophthalmoscopical appearances associated with the vascular retinopathies merely represented different phases of the same disease: now, however, it is generally recognized that..three distinct forms can be differentiated—(i) arteriosclerotic retinopathy, (ii) hypertensive retinopathy, and (iii) diabetic retinopathy.
1996 New Idea June 94/3 The 58-year-old actress says laser surgery and medical developments can help to contain the problem of diabetic retinopathy, where the eye is filled with blood from burst blood vessels.
2005 Daily Tel. 17 Feb. 14/2 A British specialist, Alan Bird of London′s Institute of Ophthalmology, told him he had a rare type of eye disease called acute zonal occult outer retinopathy.

Phrases

retinopathy of prematurity n. a disorder characterized by the proliferation of blood vessels and fibrous tissue in the retina and adjacent parts of the eye, typically occurring in premature babies of low birthweight given high concentrations of oxygen, and often resulting in blindness; also called retrolental fibroplasia.
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1951 Amer. Jrnl. Ophthalmol. 34 1249/1 The retinopathy of prematurity is a common cause of blindness in the preschool age.
1992 Independent 18 Aug. 4/7 The condition is known as retinopathy of prematurity, or ROP, and affects babies born at 31 weeks of gestation or earlier.
2005 N.Y. Times 2 Jan. 22/5 Now known as ‘retinopathy of prematurity’, the disorder still affects the tiniest babies but has otherwise become much easier to prevent.

Derivatives

retinoˈpathic adj. of, relating to, or of the nature of retinopathy; suffering from retinopathy.
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the world > health and disease > ill health > a disease > disorders of eye > [adjective] > disorders of retina
retinopathic1933
pseudofoveal1946
1933 Amer. Jrnl. Ophthalmol. 16 612/1 From 1856..until the present, the question of a retinopathic entity due to diabetes has remained unsettled.
1974 Jrnl. Chronic Dis. 27 390 A diabetic patient may not be aware that he has developed retinopathic lesions.
2004 Graefe's Arch. Clin. & Exper. Ophthalmol. 242 535 Fluorescein angiography was performed in 91% of retinopathic subjects.
This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, March 2010; most recently modified version published online March 2022).
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