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Definition of Detached retina

1. Noun. Visual impairment resulting from the retina becoming separated from the choroid in the back of the eye; treated by photocoagulation.

Medical Definition of Detached retina

1. A painless disorder (when spontaneous) where the patient complains of a gradual raising or lowering of a curtain over the visual field of the affected eye. May also occur as the result of trauma. (27 Sep 1997)

Lexicographical Neighbors of Detached Retina

Literary usage of Detached retina

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

1. Construction, and Professional Management: An Introduction by Harry Rubey, Walker W. Milner (1892)
"OPHTHALMOSCOPIC APPEARANCE OF detached retina (ERECT IMAGE). ... The detached retina floating forward in the vitreous is not at first appreciably changed ..."

2. Text-book of Ophthalmology by Ernst Fuchs (1911)
"The detached retina, accordingly, has a light, rather transparent gray color and a dull luster. If some blood is mixed with t lie sub- retinal serum, ..."

3. A Treatise on the Diseases of the Eye by John Soelberg Wells (1883)
"[The detached retina shows signs of diffuse inflammation with interstitial connective-tissue hypertrophy, or there may be cystic degeneration of the various ..."

4. Edinburgh Medical Journal (1882)
"Field in detached Retina.—The portion of retina detached can be seen with ... It must be borne in mind, however, that the freshly detached retina retains ..."

5. Diagnostics of the Fundus Oculi by Edward Leroy Oatman (1920)
"The detached retina of metastatic retinitis is saturated with exudates which render the membrane stiff and immobile so that it does not tremble when the eye ..."

6. Modern Ophthalmology; a Practical Treatise on the Anatomy, Physiology, and by James Moores Ball (1904)
"The optical condition of the detached retina is that of a highly hypermétropie eye, a strong convex lens being required for the study of its details. ..."

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