retina
English Thesaurus
1. the innermost light-sensitive membrane covering the back wall of the eyeball; it is continuous with the optic nerve (noun.body)
hypernym | : | membrane, tissue layer, |
definition | : | a pliable sheet of tissue that covers or lines or connects the organs or cells of animals or plants (noun.body) |
part holonym | : | neuroepithelium, |
definition | : | epithelium associated with special sense organs and containing sensory nerve endings (noun.body) |
part holonym | : | fovea, fovea centralis, |
definition | : | area consisting of a small depression in the retina containing cones and where vision is most acute (noun.body) |
part holonym | : | parafovea, |
definition | : | area of the retina immediately surrounding the fovea (noun.body) |
part holonym | : | visual cell, |
definition | : | one of the cells of the retina that is sensitive to light (noun.body) |
part holonym | : | cone, cone cell, retinal cone, |
definition | : | a visual receptor cell in the retina that is sensitive to bright light and to color (noun.body) |
part holonym | : | retinal rod, rod, rod cell, |
definition | : | a visual receptor cell that is sensitive to dim light (noun.body) |
part meronym | : | eye, oculus, optic, |
definition | : | the organ of sight (noun.body) |
derivation | : | retinal, |
definition | : | in or relating to the retina of the eye (adj.pert) |
derivation | : | retinal, |
definition | : | in or relating to the retina of the eye (adj.pert) |
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