macula
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As they build up, they can interfere with the health of the retina, especially the macula, the part of the eye responsible for sharp central vision.
From Science Daily ● May 27, 2026
Age-related macular degeneration is a condition that gradually damages the macula, the small but vital area at the back of the eye that supports sharp central vision.
From Science Daily ● Nov. 22, 2025
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
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
The macula rash was entirely unique so far as I knew, but a sketch greatly helped to fix it on one's memory.
From A Labrador Doctor The Autobiography of Wilfred Thomason Grenfell by Grenfell, Wilfred Thomason, Sir
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 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
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)
