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noun, feminine

rétine

/ʁe.tin/

noun, feminine/ʁe.tin/plural: rétines

retina (thin layer of cells at the back of the eyeball)

Related: rétinoblastome, rétinographe, rétinographie, rétinien

Borrowed from Medieval Latin rētīna (“small net”), a diminutive of rēte.