retina
The thin layer of cells at the back of the eyeball that contains rods and cones sensitive to light, which trigger nerve impulses that pass via the optic nerve to the brain, where a visual image is formed.
A kind of
- membrane
Related words
- retinectomy
- retinoic
- retinol
- retinotomy
- detached retina
- retinal
- hemiretina
- ectoretina
- neuroretina
- retinex
- calretinin
- retinitis
Word history
From Medieval Latin "rētīna".
Where this comes from
This definition is adapted from “retina” on Wiktionary, by its contributors; related-word lists use Open English WordNet (CC BY 4.0, based on Princeton WordNet), published under CC BY-SA 4.0. This page is published under the same licence.