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العربية
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شبكيّة العين
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Definition & Synonyms
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• Retina
- (n.) The delicate membrane by which the back part of the globe of the eye is lined, and in which the fibers of the optic nerve terminate. See Eye.
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• Retinalite
- (n.) A translucent variety of serpentine, of a honey yellow or greenish yellow color, having a waxy resinlike luster.
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• Retinaculum
- (n.) A connecting band; a fraenum; as, the retinacula of the ileocaecal and ileocolic valves.
- (n.) A small gland or process to which bodies are attached; as, the glandular retinacula to which the pollinia of orchids are attached, or the hooks which support the seeds in many acanthaceous plants.
- (n.) One of the retractor muscles of the proboscis of certain worms.
- (n.) One of the annular ligaments which hold the tendons close to the bones at the larger joints, as at the wrist and ankle.
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