retino-
(ˈrɛtɪnəʊ-)
comb. form of retina, used in terms in Med., as ˌretinoblaˈstoma (pl. -omata) [see blasto-, -oma], a malignant, familial tumour of the retina occurring chiefly in young children; retino-ˈcerebral a., of or pertaining to the retina and the brain; ˌretinochoˈroidal a., pertaining to the retina and to the choroid; ˌretinochoroiˈditis = choroido-retinitis; retiˈnopathy [-pathy 2], non-inflammatory disease of the retina; so retinoˈpathic a.; retino-ˈtectal a., of or pertaining to the retina and the optic tectum; retinoˈtopic a. [Gr. τοπικ-ός of or pertaining to place], (of a projection on the optic tectum) that preserves the spatial relations of the sensory receptors of the retina. Also retinoscopy.
| 1924 Trans. Amer. Ophthalm. Soc. XXII. 26 We therefore recommend that the term glioma of the retina be not used, except temporarily as a synonym or explanation to one of the following, which may more properly be applied to this condition: Neuro-epithelioma..; Retino-blastoma, proposed by Mallory; or Retino-cytoma. 1940 S. Duke-Elder Text-bk. Ophthalm. III. xxxvi. 2832 Retino-blastomata..are common, forming the great majority of retinal ‘gliomata’. 1966 Wright & Symmers Systemic Path. II. xl. 1637/1 A retinoblastoma is a highly malignant tumour that arises in the pars optica of the retina. It usually appears during the first two years of life. 1976 Path. Ann. XI. 319 Exfoliated cells of medulloblastoma, neuroblastoma, and retinoblastoma are characterized by nuclear molding and clustering of adjacent cells. |
| 1891 Retino-cerebral [see fatigue n. 1 c]. 1930 Jrnl. Physiol. LXIX. 433 An interaction is occurring between the retino-cerebral apparatuses of the two eyes. 1962 H. C. Weston Sight, Light & Work (ed. 2) v. 168 The ‘overpowering’ of the retino-cerebral or visual sensory system does not occasion the painful feeling experienced when we are dazzled. |
| 1895 Arch. Ophthalm. XXIV. 334 (heading) Three unusual cases of retino-choroidal degeneration. 1971 Jrnl. Amer. Vet. Med. Assoc. CLVIII. 740 (heading) Retinal and retinochoroidal lesions in early neuropathic canine distemper. |
| 1881 G. Sigerson tr. J. M. Charcot's Lect. Dis. Nerv. System II. iii. 41 The lesion of the optic nerve which sometimes supervenes in glycosuria and syphilitic retino-choroiditis. 1975 Ann. Ophthalm. VII. 853/1 Toxoplasmosis is an important cause of focal exudative retinochoroiditis. |
| 1933 Amer. Jrnl. Ophthalm. XVI. 612/1 From 1856..until the present, the question of a retinopathic entity due to diabetes has remained unsettled. 1976 Lancet 30 Oct. 961/2 The mean prolactin concentration in retinopathic patients was 11 : 5 ng/ml. |
| 1932 Amer. Jrnl. Med. Sci. CLXXXII. 137 Retinal arteriosclerosis in association with hemorrhages and sharply defined white patches, so-called 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 Wright & Symmers Systemic Path. II. xl. 1629/2 Formerly, 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. 1978 Jrnl. R. Soc. Med. LXXI. 636/1 The impression is that encephalopathy and retinopathy are particularly related to the severity and rate of rise of blood pressure. |
| 1962 Nature 1 Dec. 898/2 (heading) Retinotectal connexions after retinal regeneration. 1977 Ibid. 6 Jan. 52/1 The topography of the retino-tectal projection onto the optic tectum was found to be similar in the bullfrog and leopard frog. |
| 1961 Jrnl. Physiol. CLVII. 27p In sixteen frogs the normal retinotopic projection on the optic tectum had been restored after optic nerve regeneration. 1979 Nature 12 Apr. 623/1 If these exchanges were cumulative, it is arguable that any nascent retinotopic order should become scrambled before axons reach the brain. |