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macula

 
Noun macula has 3 senses
  1. sunspot, macula - a cooler darker spot appearing periodically on the sun's photosphere; associated with a strong magnetic field
    --1 is a kind of topographic point, place, spot
  2. macula, macula lutea, macular area, yellow spot - a yellowish central area of the retina that is rich in cones and that mediates clear detailed vision
    --2 is a kind of area, region
    --2 is a part of retina
  3. macule, macula - a patch of skin that is discolored but not usually elevated; caused by various diseases
    --3 is a kind of spot, speckle, dapple, patch, fleck, maculation
    --3 is a part of skin, tegument, cutis
    --3 has particulars: freckle, lentigo; liver spot; plague spot
    Derived forms: verb maculate1, verb maculate2
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