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- albuminuric r. hypertensive retinopathy.- exudative r., r. exudativa a chronic abnormality characterized by deposition of cholesterol and cholesterol esters in outer retinal layers and subretinal space. In adults, often preceded by uveitis; in children, often preceded by retinal vascular abnormalities. SYN: Coats disease.- metastatic r. purulent or septic r. resulting from the arrest of septic emboli in the retinal vessels. SYN: purulent r., septic r..- r. pigmentosa a progressive retinal degeneration characterized by bilateral nyctalopia, constricted visual fields, electroretinogram abnormalities, and pigmentary infiltration of the inner retinal layers; may be sporadic or demonstrate autosomal dominant [MIM*180100], autosomal recessive, or X-linked inheritance [MIM*268000, *312600, *312610]. SYN: pigmentary retinopathy.- r. proliferans SYN: proliferative retinopathy.- punctate r. retinopathy punctata albescens.- purulent r. SYN: metastatic r..- r. sclopetaria a severe contusion lesion of the retina, as from a shot pellet or BB. [from sclopetum, a medieval handgun]- secondary r. r. that follows uveal inflammation.- septic r. SYN: metastatic r..- r. syphilitica, syphilitic r. r. often associated with syphilitic choroiditis, especially in congenital syphilis.
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n.inflammation of the retina. In practice, the term is often used for conditions now known not to be inflammatory; for example, retinitis pigmentosa. For such conditions the term retinopathy is becoming more widely used.* * *
ret·i·ni·tis (ret″ĭ-niґtis) inflammation of the retina; used in the older ophthalmologic literature to denote impairment of sight, perversion of vision, edema, and exudation into the retina, and occasionally by hemorrhages into the retina.
Medical dictionary. 2011.
