FOVEA CENTRALIS

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does fovea centralis mean? 

• FOVEA CENTRALIS (noun)
  The noun FOVEA CENTRALIS has 1 sense:

1. area consisting of a small depression in the retina containing cones and where vision is most acute

  Familiarity information: FOVEA CENTRALIS used as a noun is very rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• FOVEA CENTRALIS (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

Area consisting of a small depression in the retina containing cones and where vision is most acute

Classified under:

Nouns denoting body parts

Synonyms:

fovea; fovea centralis

Hypernyms ("fovea centralis" 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 ("fovea centralis" is a part of...):

retina (the innermost light-sensitive membrane covering the back wall of the eyeball; it is continuous with the optic nerve)

 Context examples 

A yellowish, highly pigmented, oval shaped area slightly lateral to the center of the retina of the eye which contains the fovea centralis and is mostly comprised of retinal cones.

(Macula Lutea, NCI Thesaurus)