| stellate venules | The star-shaped groups of venules in the renal cortex. Synonym: stellate veins, stellate venules, stellulae verheyenii, venae stellatae, Verheyen's stars. (05 Mar 2000) |
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| Leber's idiopathic stellate neuroretinitis | A unilateral neuroretinitis with perifoveal exudates in Henle's nerve fibre layer producing a macular star and spontaneous regression in a few months. Synonym: Leber's idiopathic stellate neuroretinitis. (05 Mar 2000) |
| Leber's idiopathic stellate retinopathy | An inflammation affecting the optic nerve head and the posterior pole of the retina, with cells in the nearby vitreous, usually producing a macular star. Synonym: papilloretinitis. (05 Mar 2000) |
| albuminuric retinitis | See: hypertensive retinopathy. (05 Mar 2000) |
| apoplectic retinitis | An obsolete term for the appearance of the retina after occlusion of the central retinal vein. (05 Mar 2000) |
| azotemic retinitis | An obsolete term for hypertensive retinopathy. See: hypertensive retinopathy. (05 Mar 2000) |
| recurrent central retinitis | An obsolete term for central serous retinopathy. (05 Mar 2000) |
| central angiospastic retinitis | An obsolete term for central serous choroidopathy. (05 Mar 2000) |
| retinitis | <ophthalmology> Inflammation of the retina. (05 May 1997) |
| retinitis pigmentosa | <ophthalmology> Disease caused by overactivity of the pigmented retinal epithelial cells, leading to damage and occlusion of photoreceptors and blindness. (18 Nov 1997) |
| retinitis proliferans | <ophthalmology, pathology> A disease of the small blood vessels of the retina of the eye. See: diabetic retinopathy. Origin: Gr. Pathos = disease (09 Oct 1997) |
| retinitis sclopetaria | A severe contusion lesion of the retina, as from a shot pellet or BB. Origin: from sclopetum, a medieval handgun (05 Mar 2000) |
| retinitis syphilitica | Syphilitic retinitis, retinitis often associated with syphilitic choroiditis, especially in congenital syphilis. (05 Mar 2000) |
| gravidic retinitis | An obsolete term for toxaemic retinopathy of pregnancy. See: toxaemic retinopathy of pregnancy. (05 Mar 2000) |
| metastatic retinitis | Purulent or septic retinitis resulting from the arrest of septic emboli in the retinal vessels. Synonym: purulent retinitis, septic retinitis. (05 Mar 2000) |