yellow spotn.

Brit.

/ˈjɛləʊ spɒt/, U.S.

/ˈjɛloʊ ˌspɑt/

Origin: Formed within English, by compounding. Etymons: yellow adj., spot n.¹

Etymology: < yellow adj. + spot n.¹ In sense 1 after German gelber Fleck (1797 in this sense: J. C. Reil, in Arch. für die Physiol. 2 468); compare later macula lutea n. at macula n. Compounds 1b.The depression in the middle of the retina was apparently first described by the German physician S. T. Soemmerring (1755–1830) in a paper in 1795 ( Göttingische gelehrte Anzeigen 2 1401–2), but he called the phenomenon (in Latin) limbus luteus and (in German) gelber Rand, lit. ‘yellow margin’.

1. Anatomy. An oval yellowish area surrounding the fovea of the retina, where visual acuity is greatest; = macula lutea n. at macula n. Compounds 1b. Now rare.

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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

1798 Ann. Med. 2 20 In the bottom of the eye, close by the entrance of the optic nerve, towards the outside, and exactly in the axis of the eye, there is a yellow spot in the retina.

1899 T. C. Allbutt et al. Syst. Med. VII. 730 Ophthalmoscopic examination reveals a peculiar..appearance in the region of each yellow spot.

a1933 J. A. Thomson Biol. for Everyman (1934) II. 1309 A little to one side of this [sc. the blind spot] is the yellow spot, the area of acutest vision, where the layers of the retina have almost entirely thinned off.

2007 S. Wolf & U. E. K. Wolf-Schnurrbusch in F. G. Holz et al. Atlas Fundus Autofluorescence Imaging vi. 55 Max Schultze..concluded in 1866 that there is a functional connection between the ‘yellow spot’ in the retina and the absorption of blue light.

2. Any of various butterflies or moths having yellow spots or markings on the wings or body. Chiefly attributive, as yellow spot jewel, yellow spot swift, †yellow-spot unicorn hawk. Now rare.

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the world > animals > invertebrates > phylum Arthropoda > class Insecta > Heterocera > [noun] > family Sphingidae > sphinx quinque-maculatus

yellow spot1813

1813 Catal. Nat. Hist. in Mus. Dublin Soc. 80 Bom[byx]—Bicolora. Bicoloured Moth... Aulica. Yellow-spot ditto.

1832 J. Rennie Conspectus Butterflies & Moths Brit. 24 The Yellow-spot Unicorn Hawk (Sphinx quinque Maculatus).

1903 C. A. Hart Synopsis Insect Coll. 14 Polites peckius Kirby (Pamphila). Yellow Spot.

1926 Jrnl. Bombay Nat. Hist. Soc. 31 iii. 635 [Baoris] eliola... The Yellow Spot Swift. Mussoorie to Karens.

2004 M. F. Braby Butterflies Austral. 222 Yellow Jewel Hypochrysops byzos. Other name: Yellow-spot Jewel.

This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, January 2018; most recently modified version published online June 2022).

单词	yellow spot
释义	yellow spotn. Brit. /ˈjɛləʊ spɒt/, U.S. /ˈjɛloʊ ˌspɑt/ Origin: Formed within English, by compounding. Etymons: yellow adj., spot n.¹ Etymology: < yellow adj. + spot n.¹ In sense 1 after German gelber Fleck (1797 in this sense: J. C. Reil, in Arch. für die Physiol. 2 468); compare later macula lutea n. at macula n. Compounds 1b.The depression in the middle of the retina was apparently first described by the German physician S. T. Soemmerring (1755–1830) in a paper in 1795 ( Göttingische gelehrte Anzeigen 2 1401–2), but he called the phenomenon (in Latin) limbus luteus and (in German) gelber Rand, lit. ‘yellow margin’. 1. Anatomy. An oval yellowish area surrounding the fovea of the retina, where visual acuity is greatest; = macula lutea n. at macula n. Compounds 1b. Now rare. 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 1798 Ann. Med. 2 20 In the bottom of the eye, close by the entrance of the optic nerve, towards the outside, and exactly in the axis of the eye, there is a yellow spot in the retina. 1899 T. C. Allbutt et al. Syst. Med. VII. 730 Ophthalmoscopic examination reveals a peculiar..appearance in the region of each yellow spot. a1933 J. A. Thomson Biol. for Everyman (1934) II. 1309 A little to one side of this [sc. the blind spot] is the yellow spot, the area of acutest vision, where the layers of the retina have almost entirely thinned off. 2007 S. Wolf & U. E. K. Wolf-Schnurrbusch in F. G. Holz et al. Atlas Fundus Autofluorescence Imaging vi. 55 Max Schultze..concluded in 1866 that there is a functional connection between the ‘yellow spot’ in the retina and the absorption of blue light. 2. Any of various butterflies or moths having yellow spots or markings on the wings or body. Chiefly attributive, as yellow spot jewel, yellow spot swift, †yellow-spot unicorn hawk. Now rare. ΘΚΠ the world > animals > invertebrates > phylum Arthropoda > class Insecta > Heterocera > [noun] > family Sphingidae > sphinx quinque-maculatus yellow spot1813 1813 Catal. Nat. Hist. in Mus. Dublin Soc. 80 Bom[byx]—Bicolora. Bicoloured Moth... Aulica. Yellow-spot ditto. 1832 J. Rennie Conspectus Butterflies & Moths Brit. 24 The Yellow-spot Unicorn Hawk (Sphinx quinque Maculatus). 1903 C. A. Hart Synopsis Insect Coll. 14 Polites peckius Kirby (Pamphila). Yellow Spot. 1926 Jrnl. Bombay Nat. Hist. Soc. 31 iii. 635 [Baoris] eliola... The Yellow Spot Swift. Mussoorie to Karens. 2004 M. F. Braby Butterflies Austral. 222 Yellow Jewel Hypochrysops byzos. Other name: Yellow-spot Jewel. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, January 2018; most recently modified version published online June 2022). < n.1798
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