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subfovea

subfovea noun: the area underneath a fovea.

Noun

subfovea (plural not attested)

  1. (no plural) The area underneath a fovea
    • The CS and large vessel layers of the choroid at the subfovea showed significant decreases, though only the former correlated strongly with age.2015 December 4, “Correlation of Aging and Segmental Choroidal Thickness Measurement using Swept Source Optical Coherence Tomography in Healthy Eyes”, in PLOS ONE, →DOI

Origin of subfovea

From sub- + fovea.

Questions about subfovea

What does subfovea mean?
Subfovea means the area underneath a fovea.
What part of speech is subfovea?
Subfovea is a noun.

Words near subfovea in the dictionary

  1. subforum
  2. subforums
  3. subfossil
  4. subfossilized
  5. subfossils
  6. subfovea
  7. subfoveal
  8. subfoveally
  9. subfractal
  10. subfractals
  11. subfraction

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