macular degeneration

English

Noun

macular degeneration (uncountable)

1. (pathology) A disease of the retina of the eye resulting in loss of central vision.

Synonyms

• MD

 

Hyponyms

• age-related macular degeneration (AMD/ARMD)
• dry age-related macular degeneration (dry AMD/dry ARMD)
• exudative age-related macular degeneration (exudative AMD/exudative ARMD)
• neurovascular age-related macular degeneration (neurovascular AMD/neurovascular ARMD)
• wet age-related macular degeneration (wet AMD/wet ARMD)

 

Related terms

• degenerate
• degeneration
• macula
• macular

 

Translations

disease of the retina of the eye resulting loss of central vision

• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 黃斑變性／黄斑变性 (huángbān biànxìng)

• Danish: please add this translation if you can
• Finnish: verkkokalvon rappeuma
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• Japanese: 黄斑変性 (ouhanhensei)
• Korean: please add this translation if you can
• Portuguese: degeneração macular f, degenerescência macular f
• Russian: дегенера́ция жёлтого пятна́ f (degenerácija žóltovo pjatná)
• Spanish: degeneración macular f