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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

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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)

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