Definitions
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.
- noun A minute yellowish area containing the fovea centralis located near the center of the retina of the eye at which visual perception is most acute.
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- noun A yellowish central area of the retina that is rich in cones.
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- noun
macula (yellow spot in the human eye)
from WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
- noun a small yellowish central area of the retina that is rich in cones and that mediates clear detailed vision
Etymologies
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 4th Edition
[New Latin macula lūtea : Latin macula, spot + Latin lūtea, yellow.]
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