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Definition of Retinal detachment

1. Noun. Visual impairment resulting from the retina becoming separated from the choroid in the back of the eye; treated by photocoagulation.

Medical Definition of Retinal detachment

1. A painless disorder (when spontaneous) where the patient complains of a gradual raising or lowering of a curtain over the visual field of the affected eye. May also occur as the result of trauma. (27 Sep 1997)

Lexicographical Neighbors of Retinal Detachment

Literary usage of Retinal detachment

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. The Medical Clinics of North America by Michael C. Fiore, Stephen S. Entman, Charles B. Rush (1921)
"In the temporal periphery was a localized, circumscribed retinal detachment two or three disk diameters in size. January 11, 1921 the blood urea had ..."

2. Diagnostics of the Fundus Oculi by Edward Leroy Oatman (1920)
"(2) In flat retinal detachment, a fair amount of vision is retained, ... SYMPTOMS OF retinal detachment. The great majority of detached retinas are widely ..."

3. Text-book of ophthalmology by Ernst Fuchs (1892)
"'These two symptoms, accordingly, are wanting in those cases of retinal detachment which arise from an active propulsion forward of the retina. ..."

4. Journal of Pathology and Bacteriology by Pathological Society of Great Britain and Ireland (1901)
"According to the analysis of Scherl, before referred to, the post- retinal fluid in some cases of retinal detachment was found to he highly albuminous, ..."

5. Ophthalmic Jurisprudence: A Reprint from the American Encyclopedia of by Thomas Hall Shastid (1916)
"The retinal changes which are designated by this name have been mistaken for retinal detachment, and, as they nearly always undergo perfect resolution and ..."

6. Modern ophthalmology by James Moores Ball (1908)
"Old cases of retinal detachment often show cataract, and the opaque lens ... Both eyes may be involved in retinal detachment; in the majority of cases but ..."

7. Annual of the Universal Medical Sciences edited by [Anonymus AC02809657] (1888)
"... capital study1'1' of the pathogenesis of retinal detachment is the most ... retinal detachment and rupture, with chronic inflammation of the choroid. ..."

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