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PARAFOVEA
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Dictionary entry overview: What does parafovea mean?
• PARAFOVEA (noun)
The noun PARAFOVEA has 1 sense:
1. area of the retina immediately surrounding the fovea
Familiarity information: PARAFOVEA used as a noun is very rare.
Dictionary entry details
Sense 1
Meaning:
Area of the retina immediately surrounding the fovea
Classified under:
Nouns denoting body parts
Hypernyms ("parafovea" is a kind of...):
area; region (a part of an animal that has a special function or is supplied by a given artery or nerve)
Holonyms ("parafovea" is a part of...):
retina (the innermost light-sensitive membrane covering the back wall of the eyeball; it is continuous with the optic nerve)
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