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Definitions: Retinal |
RetinalAdjective1. In or relating to the retina of the eye; "retinal cells". Noun1. Either of two yellow to red retinal pigments formed from Rhodopsin by the action of light. Source: WordNet 1.7.1 Copyright © 2001 by Princeton University. All rights reserved. |
Date "retinal" was first used in popular English literature: sometime before 1900. (references) |
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Health | 1. pertaining to the retina. 2. the aldehyde of retinol, derived by the oxidative enzymatic splitting of absorbed dietary carotene, and having vitamin A activity. In the retina, retinal combines with opsins to form visual pigments. One isomer, 11-cis retinal combines with opsin in the rods (scotopsin) to form rhodopsin, or visual purple. Another, all-trans retinal (trans-r.); visual yellow; xanthopsin) results from the bleaching of rhodopsin by light, in which the 11-cis form is converted to the all-trans form. Retinal also combines with opsins in the cones (photopsins) to form the three pigments responsible for colour vision. Called also retinal, and retinene1. (references) |
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Synonym: RetinalSynonym: retinene (n). (additional references) |
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Screenplays | Because if I do, the retinal scans will read the scar tissue, alarms will go off, and large men with guns will appear. (Minority Report; writing credit: Scott Frank) | |
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| Thumbnail | Description & Credit |  | In background retinopathy, a slight deterioration in the small blood vessels of the retina, portions of the vessels may swell and leak fluid into the surrounding retinal tissue.Credit: National Eye Institute, National Institutes of Health. |
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Health | Retinal damage may cause loss of vision. (references) | |
A retinal detachment is a medical emergency. (references) | ||
These types of retinal detachments are the most common. (references) | ||
Business | Such fields as teleradiology, dermatology, retinal visual imaging, and cardiac care are currently viewed as some of the most promising sub-specialties of telemedicine. (references) | |
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| "Retinal" is generally used as an adjective (general or positive) -- approximately 100.00% of the time. "Retinal" is used about 111 times out of a sample of 100 million words spoken or written in English. Its rank is based on over 700,000 words used in the English language. Some parts-of-speech are not covered due to the samples used by the British National Corpus. (note: percents less than one-hundredth of one percent have been omitted) |
| Parts of Speech | Percent | Usage per 100 Million Words | Rank in English |
| Adjective (general or positive) | 100% | 111 | 30,796 |
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Expressions using "retinal": Central retinal artery ♦ Central retinal vein ♦ congenital retinal septum ♦ corresponding retinal points ♦ retinal apoplexy ♦ Retinal Artery ♦ Retinal Artery Occlusion ♦ retinal cone ♦ retinal cyanosis ♦ Retinal Degeneration ♦ retinal detachment ♦ retinal detachment 2.ablatio retinae ♦ retinal disparity ♦ Retinal Drusen ♦ Retinal Dysplasia ♦ retinal epithelium ♦ Retinal Ganglion Cells ♦ retinal haemorrage ♦ Retinal Hemorrhage ♦ retinal image ♦ Retinal Neoplasms ♦ Retinal Neovascularization ♦ Retinal Perforations ♦ Retinal pigment epithelium ♦ retinal pigmented epithelium ♦ Retinal Pigments ♦ retinal purple ♦ retinal reflexes ♦ retinal rod ♦ retinal teletraumatism ♦ Retinal Vein ♦ Retinal Vein Occlusion ♦ Retinal Vessels ♦ traumatic retinal angiopathy. Additional references. | |
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Ending with "retinal": corneo-retinal, post-retinal. | |
Containing "retinal": Blood-Retinal Barrier. | |
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| The following statistics estimate the number of searches per day across the major English-language search engines as identified by various trade publications. Hyperlinks lead to commercial use of the expression at Amazon.com. |
| Language | Translations for "retinal"; alternative meanings/domain in parentheses. | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Chinese | 视网膜 (retina). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Danish | retinal. (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Dutch | retinaal. (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Farsi | شبکیه ای . (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Finnish | verkkokalvo-. (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
French | rétinien, rétinien. (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
German | retinal. (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Greek | αμφιβληστροειδικός. (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Hebrew | רשתי (meshy, net like, reticular). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Italian | retinico. (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Korean | 망막 (retina). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Pig Latin | etinalray retinal. (various references) de retinã. (various references) относящийся к сетчатке. (various references) retiniano, retinal. (various references) retinalt fält (retinal field), spontant uppkommen retinal aktivitetsvåg (spontaneously generated retinal wave). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Words beginning with "retinal": retinals. (additional references) | |
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"Retinal" is suggested in spellcheckers for the following: Radinal, Ratana, rechannel, rectanal, rectonal, Redina, reginal, Reinagle, reital, reithian, resignal, resinal, retean, retena, retial, retian, retical, retinals, retinex, retinne, retinyl, retna, retnal, retnia, Rheinallt. (additional references) | |
| Source: compiled by the editor, based on several corpora (additional references). | |
| # of Phoneme Matches | Pronunciation | Word(s) rhyming with "retinal" (pronounced re"tunul) |
| 5 | -t u n u l | cantonal, gastrointestinal, intestinal, sentinel. |
| 4 | -u n u l | abdominal, aberrational, aboriginal, additional, Arsenal, attitudinal, binational, biphenyl, Cardinal, coeducational, collisional, compositional, computational, concessional, conditional, confessional, conformational, confrontational, congregational, congressional, connotational, constitutional, conventional, conversational, correctional, criminal, delusional, denominational, depositional, devotional, diagonal, dimensional, directional, divisional, doctrinal, duodenal, dysfunctional, educational, emotional, erosional, exceptional, factional, fictional, fluxional, foundational, fractional, functional, generational, gravitational, hexagonal, impersonal, improvisational, informational, inspirational, institutional, instructional, intentional, intergenerational, international, interpersonal, investigational, Invitational, irrational, jurisdictional, juvenile, latitudinal, longitudinal, luminal, marginal, medicinal, motivational, multinational, national, navigational, nominal, noncriminal, nonprofessional, nontraditional, nutritional, obsessional, occasional, occupational, octagonal, operational, optional, organizational, original, personal, phenomenal, polygonal, processional, professional, promotional, proportional, provisional, rational, recreational, regional, relational, representational, rotational, seasonal, sectional, seminal, sensational, situational, subliminal, superregional, supranational, terminal, traditional, transformational, transitional, transnational, unconditional, unconstitutional, unconventional, unemotional, unintentional, unprofessional, untraditional, virginal, vocational. |
| 3 | -n u l | adrenal, anal, annal, annul, atonal, autumnal, carnal, channel, Colonel, communal, cornel, Darnel, departmental, diurnal, empanel, eternal, external, faunal, fennel, final, flannel, fraternal, funnel, hormonal, Hymnal, impanel, infernal, internal, journal, kennel, kernel, maternal, monoclonal, monsoonal, morainal, nocturnal, panel, paternal, penal, polyvinyl, renal, semifinal, shrapnel, signal, spinal, tonal, tribunal, tunnel, vaginal, venal, vernal, Vinal, vinyl. |
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Scrabble® Enable2K-Verified Anagrams | |
Direct Anagrams: latrine, ratline, reliant, trenail. | |
| Words within the letters "a-e-i-l-n-r-t" | |
-1 letter: aliner, antler, entail, larine, learnt, linear, linter, nailer, ratine, ratlin, renail, rental, retail, retain, retial, retina, tailer, tenail, tineal, trinal. | |
-2 letters: alert, alien, aline, alter, anile, antre, ariel, artel, elain, elint, entia, inert, inlet, inter, irate, laten, later, leant, learn, liane, liner, liter, litre, niter, nitre, ratel, relit, renal, retia, riant, taler. | |
| Words containing the letters "a-e-i-l-n-r-t" | |
+1 letter: alerting, altering, auntlier, clarinet, elaterin, entailer, entrails, inertial, inflater, integral, interlap, interlay, internal, interval, latrines, oriental, ratlines, relating, relation, retinals, retinula, tanglier, tenurial, terminal, tramline, trapline, treenail, trenails, triangle, triplane. | |
+2 letters: alienator, allethrin, antiglare, antiulcer, avirulent, certainly, cisternal, clarinets, earthling, elaterins, entailers, faltering, flatliner, flauntier, gnarliest, granulite, haltering, implanter, inflaters, installer, integrals, interclan, interlace, interlaid, interlaps, interlard, interlays, intermale, internals, interplay, intervale, intervals, larcenist, lathering, linearity, mislearnt, natrolite, nearliest, orientals, painterly, paltering, perinatal, printable, rationale, reflating, reflation, reimplant, reinflate, reinstall, relations, reliantly, replating, reptilian, reslating, retailing, retinulae, retinular, retinulas, saintlier, serotinal, snarliest, sterilant, tailender, tellurian, terminals, tillerman, trainable, trameling, tramlines, traplines, traveling, treadling, treenails, triangles, triennial, trilinear, triplanes, trivalent, ultrafine, unreality, waterline. | |
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Hexadecimal (or equivalents, 770AD-1900s) (references)52 65 74 69 6E 61 6C |
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