chorioretinitis
- noun
- /ˌkɔːrioʊrɪˈtaɪnɪs/
- Specialized
:
corioretinitis
- The doctor diagnosed her with chorioretinitis after she reported blurred vision.
Examples
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Infections during pregnancy can result in spontaneous abortion or characteristic congenital defects, such as chorioretinitis, microcephaly or macrocephaly, and hydrocephalus (18).
Academic text (2014) -
Also, up to one-fourth of cases involve the eyes; uveitis, chorioretinitis, vitreous opacities, cataracts, and glaucoma can all be part of the syndrome.
Academic text (1998) -
However, some patients, especially immunocompromised hosts, experience more serious symptoms, including cardiac involvement, central nervous system infection, pneumonia, and chorioretinitis.
Academic text (2006) -
If left untreated, chorioretinitis can lead to permanent vision loss.
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Patients with chorioretinitis often need regular eye examinations to monitor their condition.
How Severe
- Specialized
- Specialized
- Specialized
4
5.5
3
3.4
Surface Forms
Morphology
chorioretinitis = retinitis (opaque) = chorio + retin + itis
The term is built from medical combining forms ('chorio-', 'retin-') and the specialist suffix '-itis', which is not transparently interpretable by an average B1 learner.
Etymology
Chorioretinitis is made of chorio- ('membrane'), retina ('net') and -itis ('inflammation'). So it literally means inflammation of the eye's choroid membrane and its net-like retina, which is why it can cause vision problems.