"macula" meaning in English

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Noun

IPA: /ˈmækjʊlə/ Forms: maculas [plural], maculae [plural]
Etymology: From Middle English macula (“spot on the skin or in the eye”), borrowed from Latin macula (“spot, stain”). Doublet of macchia and macule. Etymology templates: {{inh|en|enm|macula||spot on the skin or in the eye}} Middle English macula (“spot on the skin or in the eye”), {{der|en|la|macula||spot, stain}} Latin macula (“spot, stain”), {{doublet|en|macchia|macule}} Doublet of macchia and macule Head templates: {{en-noun|s|maculae}} macula (plural maculas or maculae)
  1. (anatomy) An oval yellow spot near the center of the retina of the human eye, histologically defined as having two or more layers of ganglion cells, responsible for detailed central vision. Categories (topical): Anatomy Related terms (oval yellow spot near the center of the retina): macula lutea, macular Translations (anatomy: yellow spot near the center of retina): màcula (Catalan), 黃斑 (Chinese Mandarin), 黄斑 (huángbān) (Chinese Mandarin), žlutá skvrna [feminine] (Czech), gele vlek [feminine, masculine] (Dutch), macula [feminine] (Dutch), keltatäplä (Finnish), macula [feminine] (French), macula lutea [feminine] (French), Gelber Fleck [masculine] (German), ωχρή κηλίδα (ochrí kilída) [feminine] (Greek), makulo (Ido), macula [feminine] (Italian), 黄斑 (ōhan) (alt: おうはん) (Japanese), لکهٔ زرد (lakke-ye zard) (Persian), mácula [feminine] (Portuguese), жёлтое пятно́ (žóltoje pjatnó) [neuter] (Russian), ма́кула (mákula) [feminine] (Russian)
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  2. (anatomy, biology) A small chamber of the inner ear of certain vertebrates filled with endolymph and containing an otolith. Categories (topical): Anatomy, Biology
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  3. A spot, as on the skin, or on the surface of the sun or of some other luminous orb. Translations (spot): петно (petno) [neuter] (Bulgarian), täplä (Finnish), pilkku (note: in the sun) (Finnish), makulo (Ido), mácula [feminine] (Portuguese), mancha [feminine] (Portuguese)
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  4. A rather large spot or blotch of color.
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  5. In planetary geology, an unusually dark area on the surface of a planet or moon. Translations (planetary geology: dark area on the surface of planet or moon): pilkku (Finnish), täplä (Finnish)
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The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Derived forms: lagenar macula Translations (large blot or splotch): петно (petno) [neuter] (Bulgarian), läiskä (Finnish), läikkä (Finnish), macula [feminine] (Italian), mancha [feminine] (Portuguese)
Disambiguation of 'large blot or splotch': 23 21 10 28 18

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