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diabetic retinopathy

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Noun1.diabetic retinopathy - retinopathy involving damage to the small blood vessels in the retina; results from chronically high blood glucose levels in people with poorly controlled diabetes
retinopathy - a disease of the retina that can result in loss of vision


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