Extramacular

adj

adj ·Rare ·Advanced level

Definitions

Adjective
  1. 1
    Outside of the macula. not-comparable

    "In the RPE-choroid there was evidence of wound response in both macular and extramacular regions, whereas in the retina the region of response was limited to the macula, as is the primary visual loss."

Example

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"In the RPE-choroid there was evidence of wound response in both macular and extramacular regions, whereas in the retina the region of response was limited to the macula, as is the primary visual loss."

Etymology

From extra- + macular.

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