retina

  • 81Retina — Re̱tina [zu lat. rete = Netz] w; , ...nae: Netzhaut des Auges, die innerste, mehrschichtige Haut des Augapfels, in deren lichtempfindlichem Teil die eigentlichen Lichtsinneszellen (Stäbchen u. Zapfen) liegen …

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  • 82retina — ret|i|na [ˈretınə] n [Date: 1300 1400; : Medieval Latin; Origin: , probably from Latin rete net ] the area at the back of your eye that receives light and sends an image of what you see to your brain …

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  • 83retina — ret|i|na [ retınə ] noun count the part at the back of your eye that sends light signals to the brain, where they are changed into images …

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  • 84retina — retina1 pl.f. retine retina2 pl.f. retine …

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  • 85retina — Sinónimos: ■ membrana, capa, recubrimiento, cubierta …

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  • 86retina — ret·i·na || retɪnÉ™ n. light sensitive layer at the back of the eyeball which receives images and transmits them to the brain as nerve impulses (Anatomy) …

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  • 87retina — f. Membrana interior del ojo de los vertebrados y otros animales donde se reciben las sensaciones luminosas que se transmiten al cerebro …

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  • 88retina — retain …

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  • 89retina —    Anatomically essential to seeing, this is a delicate, multilayered, light sensitive membrane lining the inner eyeball, opposite the eye s lens. It is a sheet of photoreceptors (light receptors), millions of specialized brain cells (neurons)… …

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  • 90retina — [ rɛtɪnə] noun (plural retinas or retinae ni:) a layer at the back of the eyeball that contains cells sensitive to light, which trigger nerve impulses that pass via the optic nerve to the brain, where a visual image is formed. Derivatives retinal …

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