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retinitis
Inflammation of the retina.
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retinitis pigmentosa (RP)
Any one of a large group of inherited disorders in which abnormalities of the photoreceptors (the rods and cones) in the retina lead to progressive visual loss.
People with retinitis pigmentosa first experience defective dark adaptation ("night blindness"), then constriction of the visual field ("tunnel vision") and eventually loss of central vision.
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