"retinal" meaning in English

See retinal in All languages combined, or Wiktionary

Adjective

IPA: /ˈɹɛt.ɪn.əl/ [Received-Pronunciation], /ˈɹɛt.ən.əl/ [General-American], /ˈɹɛt.nəl/ [General-American]
Rhymes: -ɛtɪnəl Etymology: From retina + -al (“of or pertaining to”). Etymology templates: {{suffix|en|retina|al|t2=of or pertaining to}} retina + -al (“of or pertaining to”) Head templates: {{en-adj|-}} retinal (not comparable)
  1. (ophthalmology, relational) Of or pertaining to the retina. Tags: not-comparable, relational Categories (topical): Ophthalmology Translations (of or pertaining to the retina): 視網膜的 (Chinese Mandarin), 视网膜的 (shìwǎngmó de) (Chinese Mandarin), retiniano (Portuguese), retínico (Portuguese), busiligin (Tagalog)
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Etymology number: 1

Noun

IPA: /ˈɹɛt.əˌnæl/ [General-American], /ˈɹɛt.əˌnɔl/ [General-American] Forms: retinals [plural]
Rhymes: -ɛtɪnæl Etymology: From retina + -al (“aldehyde”). Etymology templates: {{suffix|en|retina|al|t2=aldehyde}} retina + -al (“aldehyde”) Head templates: {{en-noun|~}} retinal (countable and uncountable, plural retinals)
  1. (biochemistry, organic chemistry) A yellow to orange aldehyde derived from vitamin A that is formed from rhodopsin by the action of light and in combination with proteins forms the visual pigments of the retinal rods and cones. Tags: countable, uncountable Categories (topical): Biochemistry, Organic compounds, Eye Synonyms: retinaldehyde, retinene Derived forms: neoretinal Translations (aldehyde pigment): 視黃醛 (Chinese Mandarin), 视黄醛 (shìhuángquán) (Chinese Mandarin), ρετινάλη (retináli) [feminine] (Greek)
    Sense id: en-retinal-en-noun-QysgjKKZ Disambiguation of Eye: 41 59 Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, English entries with topic categories using raw markup, English terms suffixed with -al Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 34 66 Disambiguation of English entries with topic categories using raw markup: 44 56 Disambiguation of English terms suffixed with -al: 35 65 Topics: biochemistry, biology, chemistry, microbiology, natural-sciences, organic-chemistry, physical-sciences
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Etymology number: 2

Inflected forms

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