retinal

See also: rétinal

English

Etymology 1

From retina +‎ -al (“of or pertaining to”).

Pronunciation

• (Received Pronunciation) IPA^(key): /ˈɹɛt.ɪn.əl/

• Audio (Southern England):

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• (General American) IPA^(key): /ˈɹɛt.ən.əl/, /ˈɹɛt.nəl/
• Rhymes: -ɛtɪnəl

Adjective

retinal (not comparable)

1. (ophthalmology, relational) Of or pertaining to the retina.

Derived terms

• antiretinal
• central retinal artery
• cerebroretinal
• chorioretinal
• cilioretinal
• colliculoretinal
• corneoretinal
• electroretinal
• epiretinal
• extraretinal
• hemiretinal
• intraretinal
• intrinsically photosensitive retinal ganglion cell
• melanopsin-containing retinal ganglion cell
• neuroretinal
• nonretinal
• panretinal
• periretinal
• photosensitive retinal ganglion cell
• postretinal
• preretinal
• retinal art
• retinally
• retinal purple
• subretinal
• tapetoretinal
• transretinal
• vitreoretinal

Translations

of or pertaining to the retina

Chinese: Mandarin: 視網膜的 / 视网膜的 (zh) (shìwǎngmó de) Portuguese: retiniano (pt), retínico (pt) Spanish: retiniano, retinal, retínico (Spain) Tagalog: busiligin

Etymology 2

From retina +‎ -al (“aldehyde”).

Pronunciation

• (General American) IPA^(key): /ˈɹɛt.əˌnæl/, /ˈɹɛt.əˌnɔl/
• Rhymes: -ɛtɪnæl

Noun

retinal (countable and uncountable, plural retinals)

1. (biochemistry, organic chemistry) A yellow to orange aldehyde derived from vitamin A that is formed from rhodopsin by the action of light and in combination with proteins forms the visual pigments of the retinal rods and cones.

   Synonyms: retinaldehyde, retinene

Derived terms

• neoretinal

Translations

aldehyde pigment

Chinese: Mandarin: 視黃醛 / 视黄醛 (zh) (shìhuángquán) Greek: ρετινάλη (el) f (retináli)

References

• “retinal”, in Lexico, Dictionary.com; Oxford University Press, 2019–2022.
• “retinal”, in Merriam-Webster Online Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: Merriam-Webster, 1996–present.

Anagrams

• ratline, inter al., art line, -traline, Latiner, entrail, line art, trenail, trainel, larnite, reliant, latrine

Interlingua

Adjective

retinal (not comparable)

1. retinal

Related terms

• retina

Spanish

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /retiˈnal/ [re.t̪iˈnal]
• Rhymes: -al
• Syllabification: re‧ti‧nal

Adjective

retinal m or f (masculine and feminine plural retinales)

1. retinal

Further reading

• Manuel Seco; Olimpia Andrés; Gabino Ramos (3 August 2023), “retinal”, in Diccionario del español actual [Dictionary of Current Spanish] (in Spanish), third digital edition, Fundación BBVA [BBVA Foundation]