English Explanatory Dictionary

retineum

English dictionary entry

Meanings

noun
  1. Part of the eye of an invertebrate which corresponds in function with the retina of a vertebrate, hypothetical membrane resembling the retina.

Word forms

retineum retinea

Etymology

From New Latin retineum, from Medieval Latin retina. By surface analysis, retin(a) + -eum.

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