Retinopathy

Japanese: Retinopathie
Retinopathy

...Most cases that were once called retinitis have been renamed to retinopathies because advances in diagnostic methods have revealed that the pathology is different from inflammation. Retinitis in the narrow sense, known as retinopathies, is now understood to be part of uveitis.
[Diabetic retinopathy]
Formerly known as nephroretinitis, this is a serious disease that can lead to blindness in adulthood and is also on the rise.

*Some of the terminology that mentions "Retinopathie" is listed below.

Source | Heibonsha World Encyclopedia 2nd Edition | Information

Japanese:

…かつて網膜炎と呼ばれた大部分が,診断法の進歩により炎症とは違う病態が解明されたことにより,この名が用いられるようになった。レチノパチーRetinopathieの名で呼ばれる狭義の網膜炎は現在ぶどう膜炎の一部として理解されている。
[糖尿病性網膜症]
 かつては腎性網膜炎とよばれたもので,成人以降に失明に至る疾患として重要であり,急激に増加していることも事実である。…

※「Retinopathie」について言及している用語解説の一部を掲載しています。

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