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foveola

foveola noun: the center of the fovea in the macula of the eye, approximately 0.35 mm in diameter, containing only cone cells. Also the alternative form of foveole.

Noun

foveola (plural foveolas or foveolae or foveolæ)

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

Also used as

foveola is also the alternative form of foveole.

Forms of foveola

pluralfoveolas
pluralfoveolae
pluralfoveolæ

Words formed from foveola

Words that rhyme with foveola

Questions about foveola

What does foveola mean?
Foveola means the center of the fovea in the macula of the eye, approximately 0.35 mm in diameter, containing only cone cells.
What part of speech is foveola?
Foveola is a noun.
What is the plural of foveola?
The plural of foveola is foveolas.

Words near foveola in the dictionary

  1. Foveaux Strait
  2. foveavirus
  3. foveaviruses
  4. foveiform
  5. foveocanaliculate
  6. foveola
  7. foveolae
  8. foveolar
  9. foveolas
  10. foveolate
  11. foveolated

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