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OPTIC CUP

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Dictionary entry overview: What does optic cup mean?

• OPTIC CUP (noun)
The noun OPTIC CUP has 1 sense:

1. (embryology) a two-walled cuplike depression that develops into the pigmented and sensory layers of the retina

Familiarity information: OPTIC CUP used as a noun is very rare.

Dictionary entry details

• OPTIC CUP (noun)

Sense 1

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Meaning:

(embryology) a two-walled cuplike depression that develops into the pigmented and sensory layers of the retina

Classified under:

Nouns denoting animals

Synonyms:

optic cup; eyecup

Hypernyms ("optic cup" is a kind of...):

caliculus; calycle; calyculus (a small cup-shaped structure (as a taste bud or optic cup or cavity of a coral containing a polyp))

Domain category:

embryology (the branch of biology that studies the formation and early development of living organisms)

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