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retinitis pigmentosa
[ pig-men-toh-suh, -muhn- ]
noun
- degeneration of the retina manifested by night blindness and gradual loss of peripheral vision, eventually resulting in tunnel vision or total blindness.
retinitis pigmentosa
/ ˌɪɡəˈəʊə /
noun
- a degenerative hereditary disease of the human eye, characterized by pigmentary changes in the retina, night blindness, and eventual loss of vision
retinitis pigmentosa
/ ĕ′n-ī′ĭĭĕ-ō′ə /
- A hereditary degenerative disease of the retina, characterized by difficulty seeing at night, pigmentary changes within the retina, and eventual loss of vision.
yvlog History and Origins
Origin of retinitis pigmentosa1
yvlog History and Origins
Origin of retinitis pigmentosa1
Example Sentences
McCausland, 47, was registered blind after losing his sight to retinitis pigmentosa in his 20s.
He told the i newspaper in 2023 that he had lost his sight completely by the age of 22, from a hereditary condition called retinitis pigmentosa, which his grandmother and mother also had.
McCausland was registered blind after gradually losing his sight to retinitis pigmentosa in his 20s and 30s.
"We already knew that certain mutations in these subunits are linked to the eye disease retinitis pigmentosa," says Dr. Cristian Prieto-Garcia from the Institute of Biochemistry II, the first author of the study.
"We suspect it may also explain why retinal cells in retinitis pigmentosa patients die. Defective splicing variants might also play a role in the development of neurodegenerative diseases like Alzheimer's or Parkinson's. On the other hand, this mechanism may be targeted by new therapeutic approaches for types of cancer that are highly dependent on the correct function of the spliceosome."
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