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fovea [foh-vee-uh] ExamplesWord Origin noun, plural fo·ve·ae [foh-vee-ee] /ˈfoʊ viˌi/. Biology.
- a small pit or depression in a bone or other structure.
Origin of fovea 1840–50; Latin: pitRelated formsfo·ve·al, adjectivepost·fo·ve·al, adjective Dictionary.com Unabridged Based on the Random House Unabridged Dictionary, © Random House, Inc. 2019 Examples from the Web for fovea Historical Examples of fovea
The fovea has no rods and hence is of little use in very faint light.
Robert S. Woodworth
The fovea centralis lacks rods and this part of the eye becomes practically color blind at very low intensities of light.
E. Newton Harvey
The name Fovea, given to the constellation by Bayer, signifies a pit where corn was deposited.
J. Ellard Gore
It is placed by those who mention it in a ‘fosse’, ‘fossatum’, or ‘fovea’.
Feudal England — Historical Studies On The Eleventh And Twelfth Centuries
J.H. Round
Fovea, Foveola -ae: a shallow depression with well-marked sides: a pit.
Explanation of Terms Used in Entomology
John. B. Smith
British Dictionary definitions for fovea fovea noun plural -veae (-vɪˌiː)
- anatomy any small pit or depression in the surface of a bodily organ or part
- See fovea centralis
Derived Formsfoveal, adjectivefoveate or foveated, adjectiveWord Origin for fovea C19: from Latin: a small pit Collins English Dictionary – Complete & Unabridged 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012 Word Origin and History for fovea n.
1849, from Latin fovea “small pit,” related to favissae “underground reservoirs;” of unknown origin, perhaps from Etruscan.
Online Etymology Dictionary, © 2010 Douglas Harper fovea in Medicine fovea [fō′vē-ə] n. pl. fo•ve•ae (-vē-ē′)
- A small pit or cuplike depression in a bone or organ.
- The fovea centralis.
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