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macula

[mak-yuh-luh] / ˈmæk jə lə /




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Previous research has connected PDE5i medications with several types of eye problems, including disorders involving the optic nerve and the macula, which is the area of the retina responsible for detailed central vision.

From Science Daily ● Sep. 7, 2026

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

As chair of her local macula support group, she said many in her position share the same concerns.

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

Abdomen with a yellow macula at the tip.

From Journal of the Proceedings of the Linnean Society - Vol. 3 Zoology by Various

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 Charles Darwin

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




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