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punctum caecum

punctum caecum noun: the blind spot in the eye.

Noun

punctum caecum

  1. The blind spot in the eye.
    • It was perhaps three minutes later when an excited gentleman in the state of disrobement that is tacitly regarded as falling upon the punctum caecum in times of fire, flood and nocturnal emergency shot out of the door of No. 7 and bounding up the intervening flights of steps pounded with the...1923, Ernest Bramah [pseudonym; Ernest Brammah Smith], “(please specify the page)”, in The Eyes of Max Carrados, London: Grant Richards, →OCLC

Origin of punctum caecum

Latin

Questions about punctum caecum

What does punctum caecum mean?
Punctum caecum means the blind spot in the eye.
What part of speech is punctum caecum?
Punctum caecum is a noun.

Words near punctum caecum in the dictionary

  1. punctulation
  2. punctulations
  3. punctule
  4. punctules
  5. punctum
  6. punctum caecum
  7. punctum delens
  8. punctum proximum
  9. punctum remotum
  10. punctum saliens
  11. punctum stans

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