ablatio retinae

US/æbˈleɪ.ʃi.oʊ ˈɹɜt.n̩.i/

noun

Detachment of the retina.

OriginLatin ablatio ← Middle English rethina ← Medieval Latin retina →
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Meanings

nounablatio retinae (uncountable)
  1. uncountablemedicineDetachment of the retina.

Origin

  1. Latinrete“net”
  2. Medieval Latinretina
  3. Middle Englishrethina
  4. Latinablatio“carrying away”
  5. Englishablatio retinae

Borrowed from Latin ablatio (“carrying away”) + Middle English rethina, from Medieval Latin retina, from Latin rete (“net”).

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