The image projected onto the retina is inverted.
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Retina
//ˈɹɛt.ɪ.nə//
Synonyms for "retina" (28 found)
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72 translations across 54 languages.
Arabic
2 entries- شَبَكِيَّة noun (thin layer of cells at the back of the eyeball)
- شَبَكِيَّة عَيْن noun (thin layer of cells at the back of the eyeball)
Armenian
1 entries- ցանցաթաղանթ noun (thin layer of cells at the back of the eyeball)
Belarusian
1 entries- сятча́тка noun (thin layer of cells at the back of the eyeball)
Bengali
1 entries- রেটিনা noun (thin layer of cells at the back of the eyeball)
Bulgarian
1 entries- рети́на noun (thin layer of cells at the back of the eyeball)
Burmese
1 entries- မြင်လွှာ noun (thin layer of cells at the back of the eyeball)
Catalan
1 entries- retina noun (thin layer of cells at the back of the eyeball)
Chinese Mandarin
2 entries- 網膜 /网膜 noun (thin layer of cells at the back of the eyeball)
- 視網膜 /视网膜 noun (thin layer of cells at the back of the eyeball)
Czech
1 entries- sítnice noun (thin layer of cells at the back of the eyeball)
Danish
1 entries- nethinde noun (thin layer of cells at the back of the eyeball)
Dutch
2 entries- netvlies noun (thin layer of cells at the back of the eyeball)
- retina noun (thin layer of cells at the back of the eyeball)
Esperanto
1 entries- retino noun (thin layer of cells at the back of the eyeball)
Estonian
1 entries- võrkkest noun (thin layer of cells at the back of the eyeball)
Finnish
2 entries- retina noun (thin layer of cells at the back of the eyeball)
- verkkokalvo noun (thin layer of cells at the back of the eyeball)
French
1 entries- rétine noun (thin layer of cells at the back of the eyeball)
German
2 entries- Netzhaut noun (thin layer of cells at the back of the eyeball)
- Retina noun (thin layer of cells at the back of the eyeball)
Greek
1 entries- αμφιβληστροειδής noun (thin layer of cells at the back of the eyeball)
Hebrew
1 entries- רִשְׁתִּית noun (thin layer of cells at the back of the eyeball)
Hindi
1 entries- रेटिना noun (thin layer of cells at the back of the eyeball)
Hungarian
2 entries- recehártya noun (thin layer of cells at the back of the eyeball)
- retina noun (thin layer of cells at the back of the eyeball)
Indonesian
1 entries- retina noun (thin layer of cells at the back of the eyeball)
Irish
1 entries- reitine noun (thin layer of cells at the back of the eyeball)
Italian
1 entries- retina noun (thin layer of cells at the back of the eyeball)
Japanese
1 entries- 網膜 noun (thin layer of cells at the back of the eyeball)
Khmer
2 entries- ចិត្របដ noun (thin layer of cells at the back of the eyeball)
- រ៉េទីន noun (thin layer of cells at the back of the eyeball)
Korean
1 entries- 망막 noun (thin layer of cells at the back of the eyeball)
Lao
1 entries- ຈັກຂຸປະສາດ noun (thin layer of cells at the back of the eyeball)
Latvian
1 entries- tīklene noun (thin layer of cells at the back of the eyeball)
Lithuanian
1 entries- tinklainė noun (thin layer of cells at the back of the eyeball)
Macedonian
1 entries- мре́жница noun (thin layer of cells at the back of the eyeball)
Malay
1 entries- retina noun (thin layer of cells at the back of the eyeball)
Māori
2 entries- mata tuaroa noun (thin layer of cells at the back of the eyeball)
- āhuahua noun (thin layer of cells at the back of the eyeball)
Northern Kurdish
1 entries- tore noun (thin layer of cells at the back of the eyeball)
Norwegian Bokmål
1 entries- netthinne noun (thin layer of cells at the back of the eyeball)
Norwegian Nynorsk
1 entries- netthinne noun (thin layer of cells at the back of the eyeball)
Persian
1 entries- شبکیه noun (thin layer of cells at the back of the eyeball)
Plautdietsch
1 entries- Uagennat noun (thin layer of cells at the back of the eyeball)
Polish
1 entries- siatkówka noun (thin layer of cells at the back of the eyeball)
Portuguese
1 entries- retina noun (thin layer of cells at the back of the eyeball)
Romanian
1 entries- retină noun (thin layer of cells at the back of the eyeball)
Russian
2 entries- рети́на noun (thin layer of cells at the back of the eyeball)
- сетча́тка noun (thin layer of cells at the back of the eyeball)
Serbo-Croatian
4 entries- mrežnica noun (thin layer of cells at the back of the eyeball)
- mrežnjača noun (thin layer of cells at the back of the eyeball)
- retina noun (thin layer of cells at the back of the eyeball)
- мрежница noun (thin layer of cells at the back of the eyeball)
Slovak
1 entries- sietnica noun (thin layer of cells at the back of the eyeball)
Slovene
1 entries- mrežnica noun (thin layer of cells at the back of the eyeball)
Spanish
1 entries- retina noun (thin layer of cells at the back of the eyeball)
Swedish
2 entries- näthinna noun (thin layer of cells at the back of the eyeball)
- retina noun (thin layer of cells at the back of the eyeball)
Tagalog
1 entries- busilig noun (thin layer of cells at the back of the eyeball)
Thai
1 entries- จอตา noun (thin layer of cells at the back of the eyeball)
Turkish
2 entries- ağ kat noun (thin layer of cells at the back of the eyeball)
- ağ tabaka noun (thin layer of cells at the back of the eyeball)
Ukrainian
2 entries- рети́на noun (thin layer of cells at the back of the eyeball)
- сіткі́вка noun (thin layer of cells at the back of the eyeball)
Urdu
2 entries- ریٹنا noun (thin layer of cells at the back of the eyeball)
- شبکیہ noun (thin layer of cells at the back of the eyeball)
Vietnamese
1 entries- võng mạc noun (thin layer of cells at the back of the eyeball)
Volapük
1 entries- retin noun (thin layer of cells at the back of the eyeball)
Welsh
1 entries- retina noun (thin layer of cells at the back of the eyeball)
Sample sentences
8 total sentences available.
In the retina of the eye, a cone has a much smaller receptive field than a rod, giving us sharper colour vision in bright conditions.
Source: tatoeba (9408448)
The choroid is a highly vascularised, darkly pigmented layer found in between the retina and the sclera of the eye.
Source: tatoeba (9408450)
The choroid is darkly pigmented to fully absorb the light passing through the retina, so as to avoid internal reflection which would lead to blurry vision.
Source: tatoeba (9408452)
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