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FOVEA (foveae)

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

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

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

• FOVEA (noun)

Sense 1

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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" 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" is a part of...):

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

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