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A disease of the retina of the eye resulting in loss of central vision.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: uncountable
Topics: medicine, pathology, sciences
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eye disease caused by degeneration of the cells of the macula lutea and results in blurred vision; can cause blindness
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
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Broader terms: degeneration, devolution, eye disease
Narrower terms: age-related macular degeneration, AMD
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Across languages
Translations
7 source translations are retained for this English entry.
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Chinese Mandarin:
黃斑變性 /黄斑变性
(huángbān biànxìng)
— disease of the retina of the eye resulting loss of central vision
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Finnish:
verkkokalvon rappeuma
— disease of the retina of the eye resulting loss of central vision
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Japanese:
黄斑変性
(ouhanhensei)
— disease of the retina of the eye resulting loss of central vision
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Portuguese:
degeneração macular
— disease of the retina of the eye resulting loss of central vision
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Portuguese:
degenerescência macular
— disease of the retina of the eye resulting loss of central vision
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Russian:
дегенера́ция жёлтого пятна́
(degenerácija žóltovo pjatná)
— disease of the retina of the eye resulting loss of central vision
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Spanish:
degeneración macular
— disease of the retina of the eye resulting loss of central vision