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parafoveal

parafoveal adjective: surrounding the perifovea.

Adjective

parafoveal (not comparable)

  1. Surrounding the perifovea

Origin of parafoveal

From para- + foveal.

Words formed from parafoveal

Questions about parafoveal

What does parafoveal mean?
Parafoveal means surrounding the perifovea.
What part of speech is parafoveal?
Parafoveal is an adjective.

Words near parafoveal in the dictionary

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

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