vitreoretinal

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adjective

Of or pertaining to the vitreous humour and the retina.

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Meanings

adjectivevitreoretinal (not comparable)
  1. not comparableOf or pertaining to the vitreous humour and the retina.

    Until today, in my practice as a vitreoretinal surgeon, I offered patients a choice of Avastin or Lucentis, sometimes remarking that Avastin is the socially responsible way to treat wet age-related macular degeneration.

    2009 October 7, “A Nation at Odds Over Health Care”, in New York Times

Origin

From vitreo- + retinal.

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Rhymes & wordplay

Rhymes with vitreoretinal

retinalsubretinalantiretinalcerebroretinalchorioretinalcilioretinalcolliculoretinalcorneoretinalelectroretinalepiretinalextraretinalhemiretinalintraretinalneuroretinalnonretinalpanretinalperiretinalpreretinaltapetoretinaltransretinal
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Anagrams

retinovitreal
Cite this entry
APA

vitreoretinal. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/vitreoretinal

MLA

“vitreoretinal.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/vitreoretinal. Accessed November 3, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “vitreoretinal,” accessed November 3, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/vitreoretinal.

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