See Also: diabetic retinopathy(medicine)
Diabetic Retinopathy(health)
Retinopathy(health)
Retinopathy(medicine)
retinopathy of prematurity(medicine)
rubella retinopathy(medicine)
solar retinopathy(medicine)
renal retinopathy(medicine)
proliferative retinopathy(medicine)
compression retinopathy(medicine)

arsenal (iou) and Diabetic Retinopathy (health)


arsenal (iou)



arsenal noun. E16.
[French arsenal, archenal or its source Italian arzanale, (now) arsenale, from Venetian Italian arzana ult. (with unexpl. loss of d) from Arab. dar-(a-)inaa workshop, from dar house + AL-2 + inaa Art, manufacture, from anaa make, fabricate.]
A dock equipped for the reception, construction, repair, and fitting of ships. E16-M19.
A government establishment for the storage or manufacture of weapons and ammunition; a store of weapons (lit. & fig.). L16.
Gibbon Offensive weapons of all sorts, and military engines, which were deposited in the arsenals. J. K. Jerome I collected a small arsenaltwo or three pieces of coal, a few hard pears,..an empty soda-water bottle, and a few articles of that sortand..bombarded the spot from where the noise appeared to come. M. H. Abrams Aristotle bequeathed an arsenal of instruments for technical analysis of poetic forms and their elements.

Diabetic Retinopathy (health)


Severe changes in the back of the eye, or the retina, caused by diabetes. These may include ongoing microaneurysms, retinal hemorrhages or swelling in the central part of the eye (macula). The proliferative type involves the growth of abnormal blood vessels in the retina or at the optic disc with blood leaking into the jelly part of the eye (vitreous), or a detachment of the retina.