单词 | macula lutea |
释义 | > as lemmasmacula lutea macula lutea n. Brit. /ˌmakjᵿlə ˈl(j)uːtɪə/ , U.S. /ˌmækjələ ˈludiə/ [ < scientific Latin macula lutea (S. T. Soemmerring 1799, in Commentationes Societatis Regiae Scientiarum Gottingensis 13 5) < classical Latin macula macula n. + lūtea , feminine of lūteus yellow (see luteous adj.1)] an oval yellowish area surrounding the fovea of the retina, where visual acuity is greatest; also called yellow spot.ΘΚΠ the world > life > the body > sense organ > sight organ > parts of sight organ > [noun] > retina > other parts of retina macula1670 fundus1682 yellow spot1798 macula lutea1818 ora serrata1833 corresponding points1841 identical points1841 blind spot1864 fixation-point1890 cyanolabe1958 1818 J. Wardrop Ess. Morbid Anat. Human Eye II. xli. 135 Besides the vascular and medullary lamina of the retina, there is a peculiar part of its structure called the Macula Lutea, discovered by Sömmerring... The macula lutea, which is observed near the centre of the retina, appears in the form of a spot of a yellow colour. 1967 G. M. Wyburn et al. Conc. Anat. viii. 206/2 In the centre of the retina is the yellow spot, the macula lutea. 1986 A. S. Romer & T. S. Parsons Vertebr. Body (ed. 6) xv. 514 The area centralis (sometimes termed macula lutea because, exceptionally, the area has a yellow tinge in man). < as lemmas |
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