fóvea
See also: fovéa
Portuguese edit
Etymology edit
Learned borrowing from Latin fovea (“ditch, pit”). Doublet of fojo.
Pronunciation edit
- Hyphenation: fó‧ve‧a
Noun edit
fóvea f (plural fóveas)
- fovea (slight depression or pit in a bone or organ)
- (anatomy, zoology) fovea (concavity found in the retina of some vertebrates (lizards, humans, diurnal birds, etc.), devoid of rods, which has numerous cones and corresponds to the area of greatest visual acuity)
- (botany) fovea (excavation at the base of the leaves, located below the ligule in the inner part of the sheath, in plants of the genus Isoetes)
- (botany) fovea (small cavity in a plant organ)
Spanish edit
Etymology edit
From Latin fovea (“ditch, pit”). Doublet of hoya.
Pronunciation edit
Noun edit
fóvea f (plural fóveas)
Further reading edit
- “fóvea”, in Diccionario de la lengua española, Vigésima tercera edición, Real Academia Española, 2014