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Webster 1913 Edition
Retinal
Ret′i-nal
,Adj.
(Anat.)
Of or pertaining to the retina.
Retinal purple
(Physiol. Chem.)
, the visual purple.
Definition 2024
retinal
retinal
English
Adjective
retinal
- (ophthalmology) Of or pertaining to the retina.
Derived terms
- panretinal
- retinaloxime
- transretinal
Translations
Noun
retinal (plural retinals)
- (biochemistry) One of several yellow or red carotenoid pigments formed from rhodopsin by the action of light; retinene