fovea centralis

fovea centralis [sen-trey-lis] Word Origin noun Ophthalmology.

1. a small pit or depression at the back of the retina forming the point of sharpest vision.

Origin of fovea centralis 1855–60; New Latin: central fovea Dictionary.com Unabridged Based on the Random House Unabridged Dictionary, © Random House, Inc. 2019 British Dictionary definitions for fovea centralis fovea centralis noun

1. a small depression in the centre of the retina that contains only cone cells and is therefore the area of sharpest vision

Word Origin for fovea centralis C19: from New Latin: central fovea 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 fovea centralis in Medicine fovea centralis [sĕn-trā′lĭs] n.

1. A depression in the center of the macula of the retina, the area of the most acute vision, where only cones are present and where blood vessels are lacking.central fovea central pit

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