Definition of Retinite

1. n. An inflammable mineral resin, usually of a yellowish brown color, found in roundish masses, sometimes with coal.

Definition of Retinite

1. Noun. (minerology) Any of various resins, similar in appearance to amber, associated with brown coal ¹

¹ Source: wiktionary.com

Definition of Retinite

1. a fossil resin [n -S]

Medical Definition of Retinite

1. An inflammable mineral resin, usually of a yellowish brown colour, found in roundish masses, sometimes with coal. Origin: Gr. Resin: cf. F. Retinite. Source: Websters Dictionary (01 Mar 1998)

Lexicographical Neighbors of Retinite

retinalites
retinals
retinas
retinasphaltum
retine
retinea
retinectomy
retinene
retinene-1
retinene-2
retinenes
retinerved
retines
retineum
retinic
retinite (current term)
retinites
retinitides
retinitis
retinitis pigmentosa
retinitis proliferans
retinitis sclopetaria
retinitises
retino-
retino tectal connection
retinoblast
retinoblastoma
retinoblastoma protein
retinoblastomas

Literary usage of Retinite

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. Elements of Chemical and Physical Geology by Gustav Bischof (1854)
"retinite and asphalte, both so closely resembling amber, distinctly show that fossil resins may be formed by the decomposition of such remains. ..."

2. The Non-metallic Minerals: Their Occurrence and Uses by George Perkins Merrill (1910)
"retinite.—The name retinite is used by Dana to include a considerable series of fossil resins allied to amber, differing mainly in containing no succinic ..."

3. The Non-metallic Minerals: Their Occurrence and Uses by George Perkins Merrill (1904)
"retinite.—The name retinite is used by Dana to include a considerable series of fossil resins allied to amber, differing mainly in containing no succinic ..."

4. The Non-metallic Minerals: Their Occurrence and Uses by George Perkins Merrill (1904)
"retinite.—The name retinite is used by Dana to include a considerable series of fossil resins allied to amber, differing mainly in containing no succinic ..."

5. The Non-metallic Minerals: Their Occurrence and Uses by George Perkins Merrill (1910)
"retinite.—The name retinite is used by Dana to include a considerable series of fossil resins allied to amber, differing mainly in containing no succinic ..."

6. A System of Mineralogy: In which Minerals are Arranged According to the by Robert Jameson (1820)
"Observations. Its colour and smell distinguish it from earth-coal. " * retinite. Retin-Asphalt, Hatchett. Retin-asphalt, Hatchett, in Phil. Trans, for 1804. ..."

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