fovea

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fovea (pl. foveae)
1. A small depression or pit.

2. In the retina of most diurnal vertebrates, a shallow depression that contains cones but no rods, and has no blood vessels or layer of nerve fibres between the cones and the incoming light. Incoming light can be focused on to the fovea to produce a sharp image of the object being observed. Compare MACULA.

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