RETINAL DETACHMENT

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does retinal detachment mean? 

• RETINAL DETACHMENT (noun)
  The noun RETINAL DETACHMENT has 1 sense:

1. visual impairment resulting from the retina becoming separated from the choroid in the back of the eye; treated by photocoagulation

  Familiarity information: RETINAL DETACHMENT used as a noun is very rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• RETINAL DETACHMENT (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

Visual impairment resulting from the retina becoming separated from the choroid in the back of the eye; treated by photocoagulation

Classified under:

Nouns denoting stable states of affairs

Synonyms:

detached retina; detachment of the retina; retinal detachment

Hypernyms ("retinal detachment" is a kind of...):

vision defect; visual defect; visual disorder; visual impairment (impairment of the sense of sight)

 Context examples 

It results in disorganized growth of retinal blood vessels, which may lead to scarring and retinal detachment.

(Immature Retinopathy of Prematurity, NICHD)

Retinopathy associated with diabetes mellitus, which may be of the background type, progressively characterized by microaneurysms, interretinal punctuate macular edema, or of the proliferative type, characterized by neovascularization of the retina and optic disk, which may project into the vitreous, proliferation of fibrous tissue, vitreous hemorrhage, and retinal detachment.

(Diabetic Retinopathy, NLM, Medical Subject Headings)