diabetic retinopathy
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5.3
- noun
- /ˌdaɪəˈbɛtɪk ˌrɛtɪˈnɑpəθi/
- Specialized
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retinopatía diabética
- The old woman is virtually blind from diabetic retinopathy.
- proliferative diabetic retinopathy
- severe diabetic retinopathy
- non-proliferative diabetic retinopathy
It can take some years after that to show any diabetic retinopathy.
- It can take some years after that to show any diabetic retinopathy.
Examples
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Vision impairment is often due to conditions such as diabetic retinopathy, macular degeneration, and glaucoma that are prevalent at a later age.
Academic text (2012) -
Blood glucose control reduces the risk for diabetic retinopathy and slows progression in patients with the condition.
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For example, an eye doctor has recommended that an elderly person with diabetic retinopathy return yearly for low vision examinations.
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In patients with diabetes, what is the effect of interventions to control or reduce blood pressure (BP) on diabetic retinopathy?
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For people with diabetes, refining strategies to examine skin, for example, may be particularly important when one has diabetic retinopathy and diabetic neuropathy.
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A 68-year-old retired widow, who has been legally blind for the past three years due to diabetic retinopathy, lives in her own home with a male friend in the suburb.
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Her father had died of a stroke related to poor diabetes control, and prior to his death, he had been diagnosed with diabetic retinopathy and renal impairment.
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Nearly half of all people with diabetes eventually develop some degree of diabetic retinopathy.
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According to the National Eye Institute, nearly half of all diabetics have at least mild diabetic retinopathy.
Synonyms
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8.1
A disease of the back part of the eye that can cause loss of sight
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3.3
A health problem that affects the eye and can harm vision
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4.1
A condition where a person can see poorly or not at all
Surface Forms
Morphology
The meaning is directly compositional: 'diabetic' specifies a relation to diabetes and 'retinopathy' denotes a disease of the retina, so a learner who knows both constituents will infer it is retinal disease caused by diabetes. This follows standard medical naming patterns and has transparent equivalents in other languages, making it easily predictable for learners.
Etymology
Diabetic retinopathy breaks into diabetic (about 'diabetes') and retinopathy (a disease of the retina). High blood sugar slowly damages the tiny blood vessels in the eye, like small pipes that leak or get blocked and make dark spots or blur your 'vision', so the name means eye damage caused by 'diabetes'.