PARAFOVEA

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 I. (noun) 

Sense 1

Meaning:

Area of the retina immediately surrounding the fovea

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Nouns denoting body parts

Hypernyms ("parafovea" is a kind of...):

area; region (a part of an animal that has a special function or is supplied by a given artery or nerve)

Holonyms ("parafovea" is a part of...):

retina (the innermost light-sensitive membrane covering the back wall of the eyeball; it is continuous with the optic nerve)

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