Synonyms for retina
ˈrɛt n ə, ˈrɛt nə; ˈrɛt nˌireti·na

Princeton's WordNet

1. retinanoun

   the innermost light-sensitive membrane covering the back wall of the eyeball; it is continuous with the optic nerve

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1. List of paraphrases for "retina":

   retinal

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1. Shreya Prabhu:

   They’ll do things like check pupils, how well they seem to see with each eye, do an external exam and look for a red reflux in the retina… that (red eye) when people take pictures, if you don’t see that red spot in the center of the eye, there could be something in the eye like a cataract or other things obscuring that.

2. Mary Jo Rapini:

   Bright light works by stimulating cells in the retina that connect to the hypothalamus, a part of the brain that helps control circadian rhythms.

3. James Wolffsohn:

   The lens seems an interesting concept to provide optical magnification to the retina when required.

4. Tom Spetalnick:

   Eye care patients tend to think that an eye exam is just a measurement for glasses, and that is a real important test, because people want to see well out of their glasses. But it's a fairly small part of an overall comprehensive eye examination and has no impact, or very little impact, on assessing the health of the eye, there is a standard of care when an eye doctor is expected to perform an eye exam and the eye exam is expected to determine if the patient does or doesn't have things like glaucoma, retina problems, even diabetes can be detected.

5. Maya Koronyo-Hamaoui:

   These changes in the retina correlated with changes in parts of the brain called the entorhinal and temporal cortices, a hub for memory, navigation and the perception of time.