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FOVEA

\fˈə͡ʊvi͡ə], \fˈə‍ʊvi‍ə], \f_ˈəʊ_v_iə]\

Definitions of FOVEA

1920 - A practical medical dictionary.
1898 - Warner's pocket medical dictionary of today.
1920 - A dictionary of scientific terms.
1846 - Medical lexicon: a dictionary of medical science
1898 - American pocket medical dictionary
1916 - Appleton's medical dictionary

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A cup-shaped depression or pit.

1920 - A practical medical dictionary.
By Stedman, Thomas Lathrop

Shallow depression. See Fossa.

1898 - Warner's pocket medical dictionary of today.
By William R. Warner

A small pit or fossa; a small hollow at the leaf base in Isoetes containing a sporangium.

1920 - A dictionary of scientific terms.
By Henderson, I. F.; Henderson, W. D.

A slight depression. Fossula. The pudendum muliebre; see Vulva. The fossa navicularis. A vapour-bath for the lower extremities.

1846 - Medical lexicon: a dictionary of medical science
By Robley Dunglison

A pit, fossa, or cup.

1898 - American pocket medical dictionary
By Willam Alexander Newman Dorland

A slight depression or pit. See fossa.

1916 - Appleton's medical dictionary
By Smith Ely Jelliffe

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