hemiretina

English

Etymology

hemi- +‎ retina

Pronunciation

• Rhymes: -ɛtɪnə

Noun

hemiretina (plural hemiretinas)

1. Either half of a retina (either the nasal or the temporal hemiretinas)
   • 2015 August 1, “Spatiotemporal Patterns of Tumor Occurrence in Children with Intraocular Retinoblastoma”, in PLOS ONE‎^[1], →DOI:

     Furthermore, the interhemispheric ratio of the volume of cortex activated in patients who had undergone unilateral enucleation reflected the expected cortical dominance in the hemisphere receiving the nasal hemiretina projection from the remaining eye.