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fovea centralis
[ sen-trey-lis ]
noun
, Ophthalmology.
- a small pit or depression at the back of the retina forming the point of sharpest vision.
fovea centralis
/ sɛnˈtrɑːlɪs /
noun
- a small depression in the centre of the retina that contains only cone cells and is therefore the area of sharpest vision
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Word History and Origins
Origin of fovea centralis1
1855–60; < New Latin: central fovea
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Word History and Origins
Origin of fovea centralis1
C19: from New Latin: central fovea
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Example Sentences
This central part is called the fovea centralis and is the point of acutest vision.
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The fovea centralis of the human retina is the seat of most acute vision, and in the fovea centralis there are no rods.
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The fovea centralis lacks rods and this part of the eye becomes practically color blind at very low intensities of light.
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It is exactly that line which joins the point fixed with the centre of the fovea centralis.
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