retinize

English

Etymology

From retina +‎ -ize.

Verb

retinize (third-person singular simple present retinizes, present participle retinizing, simple past and past participle retinized)

  1. (transitive) To treat or coat (something) with a retinal substance.
    • 2008 February, Hashimoto, Yukiko, MD; Suga, Yasushi, MD, PhD; Mizuno, Yuki, MD; Hasegawa, Toshio, MD; Matsuba, Shouichi, MD; Ikeda, Shigaku, MD, PhD; Monma, Tomoyuki, PhD†; Ueda, Setsuko, MD, PhD, “Salicylic Acid Peels in Polyethylene Glycol Vehicle for the Treatment of Comedogenic Acne in Japanese Patients”, in Dermatologic Surgery‎[1], volume 34, number 2:
      Superficial peeling has always been a way to retinize the epidermis for patients that could not tolerate the use of tretinoin.
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