retinitis

English

Etymology

From retina +‎ -itis.

Noun

retinitis (usually uncountable, plural retinitides)

1. (pathology) Inflammation of the retina.
   • 1989 February 5, Judy Harris, “Untitled image caption”, in Gay Community News, volume 16, number 29, page 3:

     DHPG […] is effective in fighting Cytomegalovirus (CMV), a common virus which, for PWAs, can cause CMV retinitis — a condition which can lead to blindness within weeks.

Derived terms

• chorioretinitis
• choroidoretinitis
• neuroretinitis
• retinitis pigmentosa
• uveoretinitis

Translations

inflammation of the retina

Catalan: retinitis (ca) f Finnish: retiniitti Galician: retinite (gl) f Greek: αμφιβληστροειδίτιδα (el) f (amfivlistroeidítida) Indonesian: retinitis (id) Italian: retinite (it) Persian: رتینیت (retinit) Portuguese: retinite f Serbo-Croatian: retinìtis (sh) m Spanish: retinitis Tagalog: magambusilig Turkish: retinit (tr)

Anagrams

• trinities

Spanish

Etymology

Borrowed from German Retinitis. By surface analysis, retina +‎ -itis.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /retiˈnitis/ [re.t̪iˈni.t̪is]
• Rhymes: -itis
• Syllabification: re‧ti‧ni‧tis

Noun

retinitis f (uncountable)

1. (pathology) retinitis

Further reading

• “retinitis”, in Diccionario de la lengua española [Dictionary of the Spanish Language] (in Spanish), online version 23.8.1, Royal Spanish Academy [Spanish: Real Academia Española], 15 December 2025
• “retinitis” in Diccionario de términos médicos, Real Academia Nacional de Medicina, 2012.