English Explanatory Dictionary

geographic atrophy

English dictionary entry

Meanings

noun
  1. An advanced form of age-related macular degeneration that can result in the progressive and irreversible loss of retinal tissue and a loss of central vision.

Word forms

geographic atrophy

Etymology

The regions of atrophied cells resemble a geographical map.

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