retinitis pigmentosa

retini·tis pig·men·to·sa

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Definitions of retinitis pigmentosa words

noun retinitis pigmentosa degeneration of the retina manifested by night blindness and gradual loss of peripheral vision, eventually resulting in tunnel vision or total blindness. 1
noun retinitis pigmentosa hereditary eye disease 0
noun retinitis pigmentosa a degenerative hereditary disease of the human eye, characterized by pigmentary changes in the retina, night blindness, and eventual loss of vision 0
noun retinitis pigmentosa an inherited, incurable eye disease that gradually destroys the retina and optic nerve, slowly reducing the field of vision until total blindness occurs 0

before 1860

One of the 29% newest English words

1860-65; < New Latin: pigmentary retinitis. See pigment, -ose1

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