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RETINA
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retina, plural retinae
retină.
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Subsequent tests showed that the rat retina also remained functional.
(Researchers develop “hibernation in a dish” to study how animals adapt to the cold, National Institutes of Health)
Some of the cancers that may affect the eye include melanoma (a rare cancer that begins in cells that make the pigment melanin in the eye), carcinoma (cancer that begins in tissues that cover structures in the eye), lymphoma (cancer that begins in immune system cells), and retinoblastoma (cancer that begins in the retina and usually occurs in children younger than 5 years).
(Eye Cancer, NCI Dictionary)
The researchers observed in the mice that very early in the disease process, the microglia infiltrate a layer of the retina near the photoreceptors, called the outer nuclear layer, where they don’t usually venture.
(In blinding eye disease, trash-collecting cells go awry, accelerate damage, NIH)
The researchers injured the mice retinas with a toxin that causes cell death in retinal ganglion cells and interneurons, another type of retinal cell whose job it is to transmit signals from photoreceptors to the brain.
(Researchers unlock regenerative potential of cells in the mouse retina, National Institutes of Health)
Common types of childhood cancer include leukemia (begins in blood-forming tissue such as bone marrow), lymphoma (begins in the cells of the immune system), neuroblastoma (begins in certain nerve cells), retinoblastoma (begins in the tissues of the retina), Wilms tumor (a type of kidney cancer), and cancers of the brain, bone, and soft tissue.
(Childhood cancer, NCI Dictionary)
The eyes of Doctor T. J. Eckleburg are blue and gigantic—their retinas are one yard high.
(The Great Gatsby, de F. Scott Fitzgerald)