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Macula lutea

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Noun
  1. 1
    macula (yellow spot in the human eye)
  2. 2
    a small yellowish central area of the retina that is rich in cones and that mediates clear detailed vision wordnet

Etymology

From Latin macula (“stain, blemish”) + lūtea (“saffron yellow”).

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