macula
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The disease affects the macula, a small area at the center of the retina that is essential for sharp, detailed vision.
From Science Daily ● Jan. 9, 2026
She had already lost central vision in her right eye when, three years ago, the sight in her left eye suddenly deteriorated aggressively, caused by a condition called wet macula degeneration.
From BBC ● Sep. 19, 2024
Excessive vascular growth damages the macula, the part of the eye that translates light into image signals.
From Science Daily ● May 2, 2024
But mouse retinas lack the macula, a key region found in human eyes that picks out fine details, so they are not an ideal model.
From Scientific American ● Aug. 8, 2022
On the posterior wall of both the saccule and of the utricle there is a ridge, termed in each case the macula acustica, bearing a highly specialized epithelium.
From Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 9, Slice 7 "Equation" to "Ethics" by Various
Figure 14.11 Linear Acceleration Coding by Maculae The maculae are specialized for sensing linear acceleration, such as when gravity acts on the tilting head, or if the head starts moving in a straight line.
From Textbooks ● Jun. 19, 2013
Many nevertheless possess stereoscopic vision which they get by virtue of the fact that they have two maculae ... in each eye.
From Time Magazine Archive
These become fused into crimson, slightly raised maculae, which in severe cases become further fused into red thickened patches, in which the papules can still be felt and sometimes seen.
From Anomalies and Curiosities of Medicine by Pyle, Walter L. (Walter Lytle)
These are the cerebral maculae of Trousseau; and they indicate, as Dr. Browne remarks, a highly modified condition of the cutaneous vascular system.
From The Expression of the Emotions in Man and Animals by Darwin, Charles
