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Meaning of "fovea" in the English dictionary

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ETYMOLOGY OF THE WORD FOVEA

From Latin: a small pit.
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PRONUNCIATION OF FOVEA

fovea  [ˈfəʊvɪə] play
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GRAMMATICAL CATEGORY OF FOVEA

noun
adjective
verb
adverb
pronoun
preposition
conjunction
determiner
exclamation
Fovea is a noun.
A noun is a type of word the meaning of which determines reality. Nouns provide the names for all things: people, objects, sensations, feelings, etc.

WHAT DOES FOVEA MEAN IN ENGLISH?

fovea

Fovea centralis

The fovea centralis, also generally known as the fovea, is a part of the eye, located in the center of the macula region of the retina. The fovea is responsible for sharp central vision, which is necessary in humans for activities where visual detail is of primary importance, such as reading and driving. The fovea is surrounded by the parafovea belt, and the perifovea outer region. The parafovea is the intermediate belt, where the ganglion cell layer is composed of more than five rows of cells, as well as the highest density of cones; the perifovea is the outermost region where the ganglion cell layer contains two to four rows of cells, and is where visual acuity is below the optimum. The perifovea contains an even more diminished density of cones, having 12 per 100 micrometres versus 50 per 100 micrometres in the most central fovea. This, in turn, is surrounded by a larger peripheral area that delivers highly compressed information of low resolution. Approximately half of the nerve fibers in the optic nerve carry information from the fovea, while the remaining half carry information from the rest of the retina. The parafovea extends to a radius of 1.

Definition of fovea in the English dictionary

The definition of fovea in the dictionary is any small pit or depression in the surface of a bodily organ or part.

WORDS THAT RHYME WITH FOVEA


Bolivia
bəˈlɪvɪə
clavier
kləˈvɪə
Fitzrovia
fɪtsˈrəʊvɪə
hovea
ˈhəʊvɪə
Latvia
ˈlætvɪə
Moldavia
mɒlˈdeɪvɪə
Monrovia
mɒnˈrəʊvɪə
Mordovia
mɔːˈdəʊvɪə
Octavia
ɒkˈteɪvɪə
Pavia
ˈpɑːvɪə
revere
rɪˈvɪə
Scandinavia
ˌskændɪˈneɪvɪə
Segovia
sɪˈɡəʊvɪə
severe
sɪˈvɪə
sylvia
ˈsɪlvɪə
synovia
saɪˈnəʊvɪə
trivia
ˈtrɪvɪə
veer
vɪə
Xavier
ˈzeɪvɪə
Yugoslavia
ˌjuːɡəʊˈslɑːvɪə

WORDS THAT BEGIN LIKE FOVEA

fourth-dimensional
fourth-grader
fourth-rate
fourthly
foussa
fouter
fouth
foutra
foutre
fovea centralis
foveae
foveal
foveate
foveated
foveiform
foveola
foveolae
foveolar
foveolate
foveolated

WORDS THAT END LIKE FOVEA

area
azalea
Chelsea
diarrhoea
Equatorial Guinea
Eritrea
guinea
hevea
idea
Korea
lea
New Guinea
North Korea
Papua New Guinea
sea
South Korea
tea
the sea
uvea
yea

Synonyms and antonyms of fovea in the English dictionary of synonyms

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Translation of «fovea» into 25 languages

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TRANSLATION OF FOVEA

Find out the translation of fovea to 25 languages with our English multilingual translator.
The translations of fovea from English to other languages presented in this section have been obtained through automatic statistical translation; where the essential translation unit is the word «fovea» in English.

Translator English - Chinese

1,325 millions of speakers

Translator English - Spanish

fóvea
570 millions of speakers

English

fovea
510 millions of speakers

Translator English - Hindi

गतिका
380 millions of speakers
ar

Translator English - Arabic

النقرة
280 millions of speakers

Translator English - Russian

ямка
278 millions of speakers

Translator English - Portuguese

fóvea
270 millions of speakers

Translator English - Bengali

fovea
260 millions of speakers

Translator English - French

fovéa
220 millions of speakers

Translator English - Malay

Fovea
190 millions of speakers

Translator English - German

Fovea
180 millions of speakers

Translator English - Japanese

130 millions of speakers

Translator English - Korean

중심와
85 millions of speakers

Translator English - Javanese

Fovea
85 millions of speakers
vi

Translator English - Vietnamese

hố mắt
80 millions of speakers

Translator English - Tamil

fovea
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Marathi

फॉवेआ
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Turkish

fovea
70 millions of speakers

Translator English - Italian

fovea
65 millions of speakers

Translator English - Polish

dołek
50 millions of speakers

Translator English - Ukrainian

ямка
40 millions of speakers

Translator English - Romanian

foveei
30 millions of speakers
el

Translator English - Greek

βοθρίου
15 millions of speakers
af

Translator English - Afrikaans

fovea
14 millions of speakers
sv

Translator English - Swedish

fovea
10 millions of speakers
no

Translator English - Norwegian

fovea
5 millions of speakers

Trends of use of fovea

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TENDENCIES OF USE OF THE TERM «FOVEA»

The term «fovea» is regularly used and occupies the 98.284 position in our list of most widely used terms in the English dictionary.
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FREQUENCY OF USE OF THE TERM «FOVEA» OVER TIME

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Examples of use in the English literature, quotes and news about fovea

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10 ENGLISH BOOKS RELATING TO «FOVEA»

Discover the use of fovea in the following bibliographical selection. Books relating to fovea and brief extracts from same to provide context of its use in English literature.
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Human Microscopic Anatomy: An Atlas for Students of Medicine ...
Medial to the macula lutea (ML) and the fovea centralis (FC) is the optic papilla ( OP), from which retinal vessels (RV) spread. Fig. 2. All three eyeball coats are illustrated in profile and in a staircase manner. The macula lutea (delimited by two ...
Radivoj V. Krstic, 1991
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Dictionary of Insect Morphology:
~s. fossula: any moderately long and shallow groove fovea, pi. -ae: the convex surface either on the fore or hind wing of some noctuid or some other Lepidoptera. functioning as a sound resonator fovea, -ae. f. L.: 1 . -» pit I: 2. -» cavity: 3.
L. Zombori, 1999
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Pediatric Ophthalmology and Strabismus
cause the image is displaced off the pseudo-fovea, the patient will see double even if the image falls on the true anatomic fovea. This type of diplopia is called paradoxical diplopia. Remember that under binocular viewing the pseudo-fovea is ...
Kenneth Weston Wright, Peter H. Spiegel, 2003
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Thieme Atlas of Anatomy: Latin Nomenclature : General ...
First thoracic vertebra (Tl) Proc.spinosus Proc.articularis inferior — Proc. articularis superior Fovea costalis inferior Fovea costalis superior Foramen inter- < vertebrale Twelfth thoracic vertebra (T XII) Fovea costalis proc.trans- versi Art. zygapo- ...
Erik Schulte, Udo Schumacher, 2006
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Macular Degeneration
Contents 1.1 Anatomy of the Human Fovea 1 1.1.1 General Anatomy 1 1.1.2 Photoreceptor Distribution, Types, and Numbers in the Human Retina 3 1.1.3 Inner Retinal Neurons Associated with Cones in Central Primate Retina 9 1.1.4 ...
Philip L. Penfold, Jan M. Provis, 2005
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Anthropoid Origins: New Visions
In contrast, some workers hypothesize that the haplorhine fovea evolved in a diurnal lineage (Le Gros Clark, 1959). Cartmill proposed that the fovea evolved as an adaptation for improved visual acuity and that it persisted in the lineage ...
Callum Ross, Richard F. Kay, 2004
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Illustrated Veterinary Anatomical Nomenclature
Fossa temporalis 10 Fossa tonsillaris 150 Fossa trochanterica 66 [Fossa vertebrae] 40 Fossa vesicae felleae 168 Fossae ethmoidales 12 Fossula petrosa 22 Fossulae tonsillares 150 Fovea articularis 58 Fovea articularis caudalis 42 Fovea ...
Oskar Schaller, Gheorghe M. Constantinescu, 2007
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A Manual of British Coleoptera, Or Beetles: Containing a ...
Red ; shining ; glabrous ; smooth : head black, mouth and palpi reddish ; thorax with 3 fovea; ; abdomen and tips of elytra black ; breast pitchy; legs and antenna; pale red. (L. 2|-3 1.) Under stones: N. of England, near Carlisle; Barmouth; ...
James Francis Stephens, 1839
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Handbook of Pediatric Strabismus and Amblyopia
This adaptation is a cortical reorganization of retinal correspondence and establishes a new functional fovea called the pseudo-fovea that corresponds to the true fovea of the dominant fellow eye (Fig. 6-6A).8 By cortically establishing a  ...
Kenneth W. Wright, Peter H. Spiegel, Lisa Thompson, 2006
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Dictionary of Insect Morphology
~s, fossula: any moderately long and shallow groove fovea, pl. ae: the convex surface either on the fore or hind wing of some noctuid or some other Lepidoptera, functioning as a sound resonator fovea, ae, f. L.: 1. _ pit I; 2. _ cavity; 3. _ fovea ...
Henrik Steinmann, Lajos Zombori, 1999

10 NEWS ITEMS WHICH INCLUDE THE TERM «FOVEA»

Find out what the national and international press are talking about and how the term fovea is used in the context of the following news items.
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The Science Behind #TheShoe
Color-sensitive cells are at much higher densities at the fovea, the area of the retina responsible for our sharp, central vision. But as you get ... «Inside Science News Service, Jul 15»
2
Outcomes of treatment with stereotactic radiosurgery or proton beam …
The treatment modality used is dependent on several factors including size and location of the tumour, proximity to the optic disc or fovea, ... «Nature.com, Jul 15»
3
FOVE Kickstarter Heads Toward $500000 on Final Day
Hopes are high that Japan-based VR headset, named after the fovea, can usher in a wave of competition that not only support gaze-based ... «Road to VR, Jul 15»
4
h+ Media | Brains, Computers, Focus - How Do You Stay …
Returning to the Internet as a tool, those five minute breaks could be a chance for a quick Internet injection of ideas from off the fovea, off the ... «h+ Magazine, Jul 15»
5
Old diaries inspire new songs
... Clodagh Simonds (Fovea Hex), Maria Doyle Kennedy and many more. As well as working as a solo artist, Jessie is also a violinist with The Vespertine Quintet ... «Southern Star Newspaper, Jul 15»
6
Bringing the human eye into focus
The researchers imaged the eye of a volunteer, looking at an area near the centre of the retina called the fovea. They produced extremely ... «physicsworld.com, Jun 15»
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Inside Gitmo's Surreal Recreation Spots, Tiki Bar and All
“That, too, is something we need to look at.” Gitmo at Home, Gitmo at Play is currently showing at Fovea Exhibitions until July 5. Go Back to Top. «Wired, Jun 15»
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From Photons to Shapes and Colors: the Amazing Science behind …
... rods can be found along the outermost parts of the retina, while the cones are mostly concentrated in the middle, in a place called the fovea. «Geek Snack, Jun 15»
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At-Home Eye-Exam: Smartphone Attachment Turns Camera Into …
Doctors can get a very close look of the retina, optic disc, macula, fovea and posterior pole, making it easier for them to offer their diagnosis ... «The Inquisitr, Jun 15»
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Detection of inner, outer retinal disease possible with SD-OCT
This Topcon 3D OCT-1000 cross-section was taken through the fovea of the right (top image) and left (bottom image) eyes of a patient with AZOOR in the left eye ... «Healio, Jun 15»

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