macula

English

Wikipedia

Part or all of this entry has been imported from the 1913 edition of Webster’s Dictionary, which is now free of copyright and hence in the public domain. The imported definitions may be significantly out of date, and any more recent senses may be completely missing.

Etymology

From Latin macula (“spot, stain”).

Noun

Illustration showing parts of the human eye, including the macula.

macula (plural maculae)

1. (anatomy) An oval yellow spot near the center of the retina of the human eye, histologically defined as having two or more layers of ganglion cells, responsible for detailed central vision.
2. A spot, as on the skin, or on the surface of the sun or of some other luminous orb.
3. A rather large spot or blotch of color.
4. In planetary geology, an unusually dark area on the surface of a planet or moon.

Related terms

• (oval yellow spot near the center of the retina): macula lutea, macular

Translations

anatomy: yellow spot near the center of retina

• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 黃斑 (cmn), 黄斑 (cmn) (huángbān)

• Czech: žlutá skvrna (cs) f
• Finnish: keltatäplä (fi)
• French: macula (fr) f, macula lutea (fr) f

• German: Gelber Fleck (de) m
• Japanese: 黄斑 (ja) (おうはん, ōhan)
• Persian: لکهٔ زرد (fa) (lakke-ye zard)
• Russian: жёлтое пятно (ru) (žóltoje pjatnó) n, макула (ru) (mákula) f

spot

• Finnish: täplä (fi); pilkku (fi) (in the sun)

• Ido: makulo (io)

large blot or splotch

• Finnish: läiskä (fi), läikkä (fi)

• Italian: macula (it) f

planetary geology: dark area on the surface of planet or moon

• Finnish: pilkku (fi), täplä (fi), alue (fi) (depending on relative size)

External links

• macula in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, G. & C. Merriam, 1913
• macula in The Century Dictionary, The Century Co., New York, 1911
• macula at OneLook Dictionary Search

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French

Verb

macula

1. third-person singular past historic of maculer

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Italian

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Noun

macula f (plural macule)

1. (anatomy, astronomy, geology) macula
2. stain, blot
3. (pathology) macule

Synonyms

• (stain etc) macchia

Related terms

• maculopatia

Anagrams

• caluma, lumaca

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Latin

Noun

macula (genitive maculae); f, first declension

1. A spot or a stain.
2. vocative singular of macula

maculā f

1. ablative singular of macula

Inflection

Number	Singular	Plural
nominative	macula	maculae
genitive	maculae	maculārum
dative	maculae	maculīs
accusative	maculam	maculās
ablative	maculā	maculīs
vocative	macula	maculae

Derived terms

• maculō

Descendants

• English: mail
• French: maille
• Italian: macchia
• Portuguese: mancha
• Spanish: mancha