Retinal \Ret"i*nal\, a. (Anat.) Of or pertaining to the retina. {Retinal purple} (Physiol. Chem.), the visual purple.
retinal adj : in or relating to the retina of the eye; "retinal cells" retinal n : either of two yellow to red retinal pigments formed from Rhodopsin by the action of light [syn: {retinene}]