retinopathy etymology

English word retinopathy comes from English -pathy, English retino- (Retina.)

Detailed word origin of retinopathy

Dictionary entryLanguageDefinition
-pathy English (eng) Damage to, disease of, or abnormality. Suffering, feeling. Therapy.
retino- English (eng) Retina.
retinopathy English (eng) (medicine) Non-inflammatory disease of the retina.

Words with the same origin as retinopathy

Descendants of -pathy
allelopathic allopath autopathic cytopathy desminopathy enzymopathy hepatopathy heteropathic mastopathic naturopath nephropathic neuroarthropathy neuropathic osteoarthropathy pathy polyarthropathy pseudo-telepathy psychopath sociopathy spondyloarthropathy technopathy telepathic
Descendants of retino-
retinoblast retinoblastoma retinochoroidal retinochoroiditis retinochrome retinocollicular retinocortical retinogenesis retinogeniculate retinography retinohypothalamic retinology retinomotor retinorecipient retinoscopy retinotectal retinotopic retinovascular