Fovea definition

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A small cuplike depression or pit in a bone or organ.
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The fovea centralis.
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(biol.) A small pit, hollow, or depression.
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A small cuplike depression or pit in a bone or organ.
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The fovea centralis.
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(anatomy) A slight depression or pit in a bone or organ.
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(anatomy) The retinal fovea, or fovea centralis, responsible for sharp central vision.
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Singular:
fovea
Plural:
foveae, foveas

Origin of fovea

  • Latin small pit

    From American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition

  • From Latin fovea (“ditch, pit").

    From Wiktionary

Fovea Sentence Examples

  • Near the posterior pole of the fundus, but somewhat excentrically placed towards the temporal or outer side, is the fovea centralis, a slight depression in the retina, composed almost entirely of cones, the spot of most acute vision.

  • The most common position when people will see floaters is when they're lying on their back and the floaters concentrate near the fovea of the eyeball.

  • Many birds possess besides this temporal fovea a second fovea nearer the nasal side.

  • Methods An ASR retinal prosthesis was implanted 20 degrees from the fovea in 10 people with RP.

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