Monarch Disease Ontology entry MONDO_0005417 (wet macular degeneration) is a form of RETINAL degeneration in which abnormal CHOROIDAL NEOVASCULARIZATION occurs under the RETINA and MACULA LUTEA, causing bleeding and leaking of fluid. This leads to bulging and or lifting of the macula and the distortion or destruction of central vision. Also known as: Senile macular degeneration, wet, exudative senile macular degeneration of retina, neovascular age-related macular degeneration, wet AMD, wet ARMD, wet age related macular degeneration, wet senile macular retinal degeneration.