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What is a retina?

What is a retina? Here are some definitions.

Noun
  1. (anatomy) The thin layer of cells at the back of the eyeball where light is converted into neural signals sent to the brain.
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The other kind of trailer is the one that knocks your socks off, stands your hair on end, sears the retina and leaves you gasping.
Burnley Crown Court heard Mr Cook, who works in computers, suffered a break to his retina and feared waking up blinded.
Among the causes of AMD, scientists describe a breakdown of light-sensitive cells within the retina.
Its pathogenesis is thought to involve cone and amacrine cell dysfunction in the retina.
Patients can also have plaque-like hematomas and achromic patches on the retina.
I stared at it long after it had vanished, the after-image imprinted on my retina.

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