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macula

[mak-yuh-luh] / ˈmæk jə lə /




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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

Dry AMD gradually destroys the light-sensitive cells of the macula, eroding central vision over time.

From Science Daily ● Oct. 20, 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

In order then to avoid diplopia the macula lutea moves to where the retinal image is formed.

From Schweigger on Squint A Monograph by Dr. C. Schweigger by C. Schweigger

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 Walter L. (Walter Lytle) Pyle

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 Charles Darwin


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