ablatio retinae

== English == === Etymology === Borrowed from Latin ablatio (“carrying away”) + Middle English rethina, from Medieval Latin retina, from Latin rete (“net”). === Pronunciation === (US) IPA(key): /æbˈleɪ.ʃi.oʊ ˈɹɜt.n̩.i/ === Noun === ablatio retinae (uncountable) (medicine) Detachment of the retina. === References === Thomas, Clayton L., editor (1940), Taber's Encyclopedic Medical Dictionary, 5th edition, Philadelphia, PA: F. A. Davis Company, published 1993, →ISBN, page 6