Definition of Foveate

1. a. Having pits or depressions; pitted.

Definition of Foveate

1. Adjective. (anatomy of a bone or organ) Having slight depressions or pits. ¹

2. Verb. (transitive) To angle one's eyes such that the foveae are directed at (an object in one's field of view), the fovea being the portion of the retina responsible for sharp central vision. ¹

¹ Source: wiktionary.com

Definition of Foveate

1. fovea [adj] - See also: fovea

Medical Definition of Foveate

1. 1. Marked with little pits, as in smallpox. See Pit. 2. Having minute thin spots; as, pitted ducts in the vascular parts of vegetable tissue. Source: Websters Dictionary (01 Mar 1998)

Lexicographical Neighbors of Foveate

fovea of the femoral head
fovea of the radial head
fovea pterygoidea
fovea spherica
fovea sublingualis
fovea submandibularis
fovea submaxillaris
fovea superior
fovea triangularis cartilaginis arytenoideae
fovea trochlearis
foveae
foveal
foveal vision
foveas
foveate (current term)
foveated
foveates
foveating
foveation
foveations
foveiform
foveola
foveola coccygea
foveola gastrica
foveola ocularis
foveola papillaris
foveola retinae
foveola suprameatica
foveolae

Literary usage of Foveate

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. Transactions of the American Entomological Society by American Entomological Society (1907)
"... which are deep and partly somewhat foveate »nd extend from ... granular and striate; prosternum foveate and brown immediately before the anterior ..."

2. Suggestions for the Sanitary Drainage of Washington City by George Edwin Waring (1883)
"... foveate; joints of antennae 9-11 long. ... foveate at the middle; joints of antennae 9-11 long. Theca. ..."

3. The Practitioner by Gale Group, ProQuest Information and Learning Company (1893)
"7, with three foveate marks of an aggregate area of i sq. inch ; admitted ... 32, having one foveate mark of J square inch area, re-vaccinated November 22 ..."

4. Proceedings of the Academy of Natural Sciences of Philadelphia by Academy of Natural Sciences of Philadelphia (1865)
"... are foveate for the hind knees in ... not foveate at the middle ... foveate at the middle Prothe|ca. ..."

5. Rhynchophora Or Weevils of North Eastern America by Willis Stanley Blatchley, Charles William Leng (1916)
"Front foveate; alternate elytral intervals mottled with short oblong darker spots; larger, 4.7—5 mm. 327. MAOISTER. bb. Front excavated; elytra uniform ..."

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