Synonyms for retina
ˈrɛt n ə, ˈrɛt nə; ˈrɛt nˌireti·na

Princeton's WordNet

1. retinanoun

   the innermost light-sensitive membrane covering the back wall of the eyeball; it is continuous with the optic nerve

Matched Categories

1. • Membrane

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1. List of paraphrases for "retina":

   retinal

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How to use retina in a sentence?

1. Glen Jeffery:

   The retina ages faster than any other organ in your body, from an evolutionary perspective, we fundamentally have never lived past 40.

2. Mark Pollock:

   Whenever I put my Superman costume on as a kid, I didn't have X-ray vision. I had desperately short sight and had to wear big. thick glasses to see, i couldn't leave (glasses) in the phone box like Clark Kent could. That short sight lead me to have a detached retina.

3. Tom Spetalnick:

   There is a standard of care when an eye doctor is expected to perform an eye exam and the eye exam is expected to determine if the patient does or doesn't have things like glaucoma, retina problems, even diabetes can be detected.

4. Maya Koronyo-Hamaoui:

   These changes in the retina correlated with changes in parts of the brain called the entorhinal and temporal cortices, a hub for memory, navigation and the perception of time.

5. Phil Schiller:

   Far more than on any iOS device before. In fact, that’s even more pixels than a 15-inch MacBook with Retina display.