wet macular degenerationnoun [ U ]
uk/wet ˌmæk.jə.lə dɪ.dʒen.əˈreɪ.ʃən/us/ˈwet ˈmæk.jə.lɚ dɪˌdʒen.əˈreɪ.ʃən/specializeda disease in older people in which blood vessels leak fluid into the most important part of the retina (= the area at the back of the eye that receives light), making it weaker and leading to problems when looking directly at objects and to loss of sight
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Eyesight, glasses & lenses
- (as) blind as a bat idiom
- 20/20 vision
- age-related macular degeneration
- AMD
- Balint's syndrome
- blepharospasm
- blind side
- blindly
- cataract
- ciliary
- cross-eyed
- eyestrain
- horn-rimmed
- lorgnette
- nearsighted
- optometrist
- safety glasses
- sightless
- spectacle
- twenty-twenty vision
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