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parafovea

parafovea noun: a region in the retina: part of the macula lutea that circumscribes the fovea and is circumscribed by the perifovea.

Noun

parafovea (plural parafoveas)

  1. A region in the retina: part of the macula lutea that circumscribes the fovea and is circumscribed by the perifovea.

Forms of parafovea

pluralparafoveas

Origin of parafovea

From para- + fovea.

Questions about parafovea

What does parafovea mean?
Parafovea means a region in the retina: part of the macula lutea that circumscribes the fovea and is circumscribed by the perifovea.
What part of speech is parafovea?
Parafovea is a noun.
What is the plural of parafovea?
The plural of parafovea is parafoveas.

Words near parafovea in the dictionary

  1. paraformer
  2. paraformers
  3. parafossette
  4. parafossettes
  5. parafoulbrood
  6. parafovea
  7. parafoveal
  8. parafoveally
  9. parafoveas
  10. parafoveolar
  11. parafrag

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