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retinopathy Definition

reti·nopa·thy (ret′'n äpə t̸hē)

noun pl. -·thies

any disease, inflammation, etc. of the retina

retinopathy Usage Examples

Converse of object

  • threaten: The main outcome measure for any screening program was considered to be: The detection of sight threatening diabetic retinopathy.
  • detect: Failure to detect diabetic retinopathy is one of the leading causes of blindness in the working population of industrialized countries.
  • treat: Medical treatments In treating advanced retinopathy, doctors may use laser surgery to shrink abnormal blood vessels at the back of the eye.
  • call: The eye condition most commonly associated with diabetes is called diabetic retinopathy.
  • develop: The longer a person has diabetes, the higher their chances of developing diabetic retinopathy.
  • have: In the US alone, where an estimated 16 million people have either type I or II diabetes, about 600,000 have retinopathy.

Adjective modifier

  • diabetic: The main risk factors for diabetic retinopathy are: · Duration of diabetes.
  • proliferative: Proliferative retinopathy At this stage, some of the tiny blood vessels in the retina become blocked.
  • severe: The total number of MAs has been shown to be an indicator of likely future progression to more severe retinopathy.
  • advanced: Medical treatments In treating advanced retinopathy, doctors may use laser surgery to shrink abnormal blood vessels at the back of the eye.
  • hypertensive: Those with diabetic retinopathy were twice as likely to have hypertension / hypertensive retinopathy.

Modifies a noun

  • screening: Practices achieved retinopathy screening in 88 % of patients.
  • program: Ulster Unionists welcome the rolling out of the regional diabetic retinopathy screening program.
  • service: Just one example of this is in Exeter where a diabetic retinopathy screening service has been set up.
  • cannot: Patients with neuropathy and retinopathy cannot perceive the signs of infection.

Noun used with modifier

  • diabetic: Aspirin effects on the development of cataract in patients with diabetes mellitus: early treatment diabetic retinopathy study report 16.
  • background: Background retinopathy Is the earliest stage in the development of retinopathy.
  • sight-threatening: The key issue in screening for diabetic retinopathy is to identify those patients with sight-threatening retinopathy who may require preventive treatment.

Preposition: in

  • patient: CONCLUSION: To our knowledge, this is the first report of melanoma-associated retinopathy in a patient with a previous choroidal melanoma.

Preposition: of

  • prematurity: The term ' retinopathy of prematurity ' was first suggested by Heath in 1952.

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