RETINOPATHY

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does retinopathy mean? 

• RETINOPATHY (noun)
  The noun RETINOPATHY has 1 sense:

1. a disease of the retina that can result in loss of vision

  Familiarity information: RETINOPATHY used as a noun is very rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• RETINOPATHY (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

A disease of the retina that can result in loss of vision

Classified under:

Nouns denoting stable states of affairs

Hypernyms ("retinopathy" is a kind of...):

eye disease (any disease of the eye)

Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "retinopathy"):

diabetic retinopathy (retinopathy involving damage to the small blood vessels in the retina; results from chronically high blood glucose levels in people with poorly controlled diabetes)

 Context examples 

An immature state in which retinopathy of prematurity cannot be established.

(Immature Retinopathy of Prematurity, NCI Thesaurus)

It includes cataract, glaucoma, retinopathy, and blindness.

(Diabetic Eye Disease, NCI Thesaurus)

Retinopathy of prematurity occurs in premature infants who are born before the retinal vessels complete their normal growth.

(Immature Retinopathy of Prematurity, NICHD)

Diabetic retinopathy damages the tiny blood vessels inside your retina.

(Diabetic Eye Problems, NIH: National Institute of Diabetes and Digestive and Kidney Diseases)

It includes heart disease and stroke, renal disease and renal failure, retinopathy, neuropathies, and erectile dysfunction.

(Diabetes Complication, NCI Thesaurus)

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)

The most common problem is diabetic retinopathy.

(Diabetic Eye Problems, NIH: National Institute of Diabetes and Digestive and Kidney Diseases)