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Definition of Fovea
1. Noun. Area consisting of a small depression in the retina containing cones and where vision is most acute.
Definition of Fovea
1. n. A slight depression or pit; a fossa.
Definition of Fovea
1. Noun. (anatomy) A slight depression or pit in a bone or organ. ¹
2. Noun. (anatomy) The retinal fovea, or fovea centralis, responsible for sharp central vision. ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Definition of Fovea
1. a shallow anatomical depression [n -VEAE or -VEAS] : FOVEAL, FOVEATE, FOVEATED [adj]
Medical Definition of Fovea
1. A relatively small cup-shaped depression or pit. Origin: L. A pit (05 Mar 2000)
Lexicographical Neighbors of Fovea
Literary usage of Fovea
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Proceedings of the Royal Society of London by Royal Society (Great Britain) (1867)
"The following papers were read:— I. " On the Anatomy of the fovea ... The fovea
centralis is a minute circular pit in the inner surface of the retina, ..."
2. Journal of Morphology by Wistar Institute of Anatomy and Biology (1897)
"Vertical section across band-like area (a) about midway between fovea nasalis
and temporalis. ... Horizontal section through center of fovea temporalis. ..."
3. Report of the Annual Meeting (1862)
"OH tlie Existence and Arrangement of the fovea ... The fovea centralis is ordinarily
to be found in the eyes of birds next to the posterior pole of the ..."
4. A Text Book of Physiology by Michael Foster (1900)
"So that the macula presents a central depression, about '3 mm. in diameter, the
fovea centralis, surrounded by a raised rim. A vertical section through the ..."
5. A Textbook of Physiology by Michael Foster (1891)
"About 7000 cones are supposed to be crowded together in the very centre of the
fovea. A vertical section through the thickened rim of the macula shews all ..."
6. Science by American Association for the Advancement of Science (1895)
"Two assumptions were possible, either that the cones (and hence the fovea) do
contain visual purple, but that it is here of such an extremely decomposable ..."
7. Science by American Association for the Advancement of Science (1895)
"Two assumptions were possible, either that the cones (and hence the fovea) do
contain visual purple, but that it is here of such an extremely decomposable ..."
8. The American Journal of Psychology by Granville Stanley Hall, Edward Bradford Titchener (1893)
"(16) The Normal Night-Blindness of the fovea. By CHRISTINE LADD FRANKLIN, Baltimore.
König's announcement in May, 1894, of the very close co-incidence of ..."
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