fovea

Noun

Meaning

A slight depression or pit; a fossa.

Source: Webster's dictionary

Synonyms

fovea centralis crown fosse depression crest fossa choroid article aim pit chasm conjunctiva abysm cornea aqueous humor
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Antonyms

headland altitude

Hypernyms

area region

Related terms

foveal

Derivatives

foveae

Examples

Below the pit the other retina layers are displaced, before building up along the foveal slope until the rim of the fovea or parafovea which is the thickest portion of the retina. Source: Internet

Despite occupying about 0.01% of the visual field (less than 2° of visual angle ), about 10% of axons in the optic nerve are devoted to the fovea. Source: Internet

Cone cells are highly concentrated in the fovea and have a high visual acuity meaning that they are better at spatial resolution than rod cells. Source: Internet

Three disembodied heads, left to thaw in her parents’ cadaver lab, start talking to Fovea. Source: Internet

If there is only one thing readers take away from The Mortification of Fovea Munson, what would you hope it would be? Source: Internet

The goal of the training is for the user to learn to look at the test object in such a way that the Haidinger's brush overlaps the test object (and the viewer is thus now looking at it with their fovea). Source: Internet

Close letter words and terms

fouty Foutz FOV fovea centralis foveae foveal