retrolentaladj.
/ˌrɛtrəʊˈlɛnt(ə)l/, U.S. /ˌrɛtroʊˈlɛntəl/ Medicine.
Situated or occurring behind the lens of the eye.
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1906 Illinois Med. Jrnl. 8 388/2 The vitreous is organized and reduced to a small retro-lental organized mass.
1940 Amer. Jrnl. Surg. 50 291/2 These zonular fibers form an open network through which aqueous filters and also affords a direct open pathway between the retrolental space and the posterior chamber.
2007 Jrnl. Cataract & Refractive Surg. 33 741 We report an unusual case of a free-floating pigmented retrolental cyst.
Compounds
retrolental fibroplasia n. = retinopathy of prematurity n. at retinopathy n. Phrases.
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the world > health and disease > ill health > a disease > diseases of tissue > [noun] > abnormal or morbid tissue > growth of
polysarcia1693
carnification1744
pullulation1829
hypertrophy1834
heteroplasia1854
neoplasia1871
hyperplasia1873
pseudohypertrophy1873
hemihypertrophy1900
myelomatosis1904
hypercellularity1908
pleocytosis1911
myelosis1916
lymphoblastoma1920
histiocytosis1924
plasmocytosis1924
reticuloendotheliosis1925
reticulosis1932
sarcoidosis1936
retrolental fibroplasia1942
fibrogenesis1952
hyperplasm-
1942 T. L. Terry in Trans. Amer. Ophthalmol. Soc. 40 262 Considerable thought has been given to the selection of an appropriate term for this disease condition. Early in the study..the term ‘retrolental fibroplasia’ was suggested by Dr. Harry K. Messenger.
1975 Daily Colonist (Victoria, Brit. Columbia) 2 June 2/6 Born prematurely, he was blinded by retrolental fibroplasia, an eye disease brought on by the extra oxygen needed to keep him alive soon after birth.
1990 J. Morrow Only Begotten Daughter (1991) i. i. 25 There was no blindness in heaven. Eternity knew nothing of retrolental fibroplasia.
This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, March 2010; most recently modified version published online March 2022).
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adj.1906