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網膜

简网膜 · 繁網膜

Mandarin · pinyin wǎng mó

retina (anatomy)

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網: Look up this written character
膜: mó · membrane; to kneel and worship
网: wǎng · net; network; Kangxi radical 122

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3–2 · wang3 mo2

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mong5 mok2

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noun

(anatomy) omentum
(abbreviation, alt-of) short for 視網膜／视网膜 (shìwǎngmó, “retina”)

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