retinal detachment

noun

: a condition in which the retina of the eye is no longer connected to the eye as it should be

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The boy was injured and suffered a retinal detachment. — Wafaa Shurafa, Los Angeles Times, 31 Jan. 2026 There is also a higher risk of retinal detachment, in which the retina detaches from the back of the eye. — Jacqueline Howard, CNN Money, 26 Sep. 2025 Patients aged 50 and older accounted for 70 percent of those injuries, which ranged from retinal detachment and orbital fractures all the way to a ruptured globe. — Melissa Fleur Afshar, MSNBC Newsweek, 16 Oct. 2025 Consider emergency surgery for retinal detachment. — Peter Ubel, Forbes.com, 20 May 2026 See All Example Sentences for retinal detachment

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retinal detachment

noun
: a condition of the eye in which the retina has separated from the choroid

called also detached retina, detachment of the retina

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