fóvea

Learned borrowing from Latin fovea (“ditch, pit”). Doublet of fojo.

• Hyphenation: fó‧ve‧a

fóvea f (plural fóveas)

1. fovea (slight depression or pit in a bone or organ)
2. (anatomy, zoology) fovea (concavity found in the retina of some vertebrates (lizards, humans, diurnal birds, etc.), devoid of rods, which has numerous cones and corresponds to the area of ​​greatest visual acuity)
3. (botany) fovea (excavation at the base of the leaves, located below the ligule in the inner part of the sheath, in plants of the genus Isoetes)
4. (botany) fovea (small cavity in a plant organ)

From Latin fovea (“ditch, pit”). Doublet of hoya.

• IPA^(key): /ˈfobea/ [ˈfo.β̞e.a]
• Rhymes: -obea
• Syllabification: fó‧ve‧a

fóvea f (plural fóveas)

1. (anatomy) fovea (the retinal fovea, or fovea centralis, responsible for sharp central vision)

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