| 释义 |
fo·vea
noun
(plural fove·ae \-vēˌē, -vēˌī\)
Etymology: Latin, small pit
: a small depression or pit : fossa: as
a. [New Latin, from Latin] : the hollowed leaf base in the quillwort containing a sporangium
b. or fovea cen·tra·lis \-ˌsen.ˈtralə̇s, -rāl-, -räl-\ [fovea from New Latin, from Latin; fovea centralis from New Latin, central fovea] : a small rodless area of the retina affording acute vision — see eye illustration |