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A slight depression or pit in a bone or organ.
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The retinal fovea, or fovea centralis, responsible for sharp central vision.
Examples of fovea in a Sentence
Near the posterior pole of the fundus, but somewhat excentrically placed towards the temporal or outer side, is the fovea centralis, a slight depression in the retina, composed almost entirely of cones, the spot of most acute vision.
Many birds possess besides this temporal fovea a second fovea nearer the nasal side.
The most common position when people will see floaters is when they're lying on their back and the floaters concentrate near the fovea of the eyeball.
Methods An ASR retinal prosthesis was implanted 20 degrees from the fovea in 10 people with RP.