maculopathyn.
/ˌmakjᵿˈlɒpəθi/, U.S. /ˌmækjəˈlɑpəθi/ Ophthalmology.
Disease of the macular area of the retina, which results in deterioration of central vision; a particular form of this (frequently with distinguishing word).
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1950 Trans. Ophthalmol. Soc. U.K. 69 405 And now some examples..of beginning senile maculopathy.
1976 Brit. Jrnl. Ophthalmol. 60 507/2 A case of maculopathy mimicking chloroquine toxicity without exposure to the drug is described.
1986 Documenta Ophthalmologica 63 399 Eighteen patients with early maculopathies of various etiologies were tested with pattern and focal electroretinograms.
1989 M. A. Mainster in S. J. Ryan Retina II. cix. 751/2 Welder's maculopathy has an ophthalmoscopic appearance and clinical course similar to solar retinopathy.
1990 Age & Ageing 19 393/2 The elderly diabetic has a higher risk of blindness from maculopathy..than younger diabetics or his non-diabetic peers.
1995 Oxf. Univ. Gaz. 29 June 1353/1 Subject: ‘Drussen and age-related maculopathy’.
This is a new entry (OED Third Edition, March 2000; most recently modified version published online March 2022).
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