fóvea

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See also: fovéa

Portuguese

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fóvea

Etymology

Learned borrowing from Latin fovea (“ditch, pit”). Doublet of fojo.

Pronunciation

(Brazil) IPA^(key): /ˈfɔ.ve.ɐ/
- (Southern Brazil) IPA^(key): /ˈfɔ.ve.a/

(Portugal) IPA^(key): /ˈfɔ.vjɐ/
- (Northern Portugal) IPA^(key): /ˈfɔ.bjɐ/

Hyphenation: fó‧ve‧a

Noun

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

Etymology

From Latin fovea (“ditch, pit”). Doublet of hoya.

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /ˈfobea/
Rhymes: -obea
Syllabification: fó‧ve‧a

Noun

fóvea f (plural fóveas)

(anatomy) fovea (the retinal fovea, or fovea centralis, responsible for sharp central vision)

Further reading

“fóvea”, in Diccionario de la lengua española [Dictionary of the Spanish Language] (in Spanish), online version 23.7, Royal Spanish Academy [Spanish: Real Academia Española], 2023 November 28

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