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PARAFOVEA

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

• PARAFOVEA (noun)

Sense 1

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

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