macular

English

Etymology

macula +‎ -ar

Adjective

macular (not comparable)

1. (anatomy, medicine) Relating to the macula, the area of the retina responsible for detailed central vision.

Derived terms

• extramacular
• hemimacular
• juxtamacular
• macular degeneration
• macular sparing
• nonmacular
• papillomacular
• paramacular
• premacular
• submacular
• vitreomacular

 

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Catalan

Etymology

From Latin maculāre.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): (Central, Balearic) [mə.kuˈla]
• IPA^(key): (Valencia) [ma.kuˈlaɾ]

Verb

macular (first-person singular present maculo, first-person singular preterite maculí, past participle maculat)

1. (transitive) to stain

   Synonym: tacar

Related terms

• màcula

Further reading

• “macular” in Diccionari de la llengua catalana, segona edició, Institut d’Estudis Catalans.
• “macular”, in Gran Diccionari de la Llengua Catalana, Grup Enciclopèdia Catalana, 2024
• “macular” in Diccionari normatiu valencià, Acadèmia Valenciana de la Llengua.
• “macular” in Diccionari català-valencià-balear, Antoni Maria Alcover and Francesc de Borja Moll, 1962.

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Portuguese

Etymology 1

From Latin maculāre, present active infinitive of maculō. Doublet of manchar and magoar.

Verb

1. (transitive) to taint (to contaminate or corrupt something with an external agent, either physically or morally)

   Synonyms: contaminar, corromper, infectar

Related terms

• mácula

Etymology 2

From mácula +‎ -ar

Adjective

1. (anatomy, medicine) macular (pertaining to the macula)

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Spanish

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /makuˈlaɾ/ [ma.kuˈlaɾ]

Etymology 1

From Latin maculāre.

Adjective

macular m or f (masculine and feminine plural maculares)

1. stained, tainted

Verb

1. (transitive) to stain

Etymology 2

mácula +‎ -ar

Adjective

macular m or f (masculine and feminine plural maculares)

1. (anatomy, medicine) macular (relating to the macula)

Related terms

• mácula

Further reading

• “macular”, in Diccionario de la lengua española, Vigésima tercera edición, Real Academia Española, 2014