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Definition of Retina
Retina

The delicate membrane by which the back part of the globe of the eye is lined, and in which the fibers of the optic nerve terminate. See Eye.

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Retina Quotations

The question of how the eye works - that is, what happens when a photon of light first impinges on the retina - simply could not be answered at that time.
Michael Behe

The cooperation of the two retina in one field of vision, whatever is its cause, must rather be the source of all the ideas to which single or double vision may give rise.
Johannes P. Muller

It is exceedingly improbable that the identical action of the corresponding parts of the two retina is the result of a certain habituation, or of the influence of the mind.
Johannes P. Muller

Retina Translations

retina in German is Netzhaut
retina in Italian is retina
retina in Spanish is retina


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