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Webster 1913 Edition

Foveola

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Fo-ve′o-la

,

Noun.

;

pl.

Foveolæ

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.

[NL., dim. of L.

fovea

.]

A small depression or pit; a fovea.

Definition 2024

foveola

foveola

English

Noun

foveola ‎(plural foveolas or foveolae or foveolæ)

(anatomy) The center of the fovea in the macula of the eye, approximately 0.35 mm in diameter, containing only cone cells.

Derived terms

foveolar