macula

See also: Macula and mácula

Translingual

Etymology

Latin macula

Noun

macula

1. (geography, planetography, astronomy) A type of albedo feature on the surface of celestial bodies, a darkened region.

Antonyms

• nix (bright region)

Hypernyms

• regio (region)

English

English Wikipedia has an article on:

macula of retina

Wikipedia

Etymology

From Middle English macula (“spot on the skin or in the eye”), borrowed from Latin macula (“spot, stain”). Doublet of macchia and macule.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈmækjʊlə/

• Audio (Southern England):

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Noun

macula (plural maculas or 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. (anatomy, biology) A small chamber of the inner ear of certain vertebrates filled with endolymph and containing an otolith.
3. A spot, as on the skin, or on the surface of the sun or of some other luminous orb.
4. A rather large spot or blotch of color.
5. In planetary geology, an unusually dark area on the surface of a planet or moon.

Derived terms

• hemimacula
• lagenar macula
• macular
• maculopathy

Related terms

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

Translations

anatomy: yellow spot near the center of retina

Catalan: màcula (ca) Chinese: Mandarin: 黃斑 / 黄斑 (zh) (huángbān) Czech: žlutá skvrna f Dutch: gele vlek m or f, macula (nl) f Finnish: keltatäplä French: macula (fr) f, macula lutea f German: Gelber Fleck m, Makula f Greek: ωχρή κηλίδα f (ochrí kilída) Ido: makulo (io) Italian: macula (it) f Japanese: 黄斑 (ja) (おうはん, ōhan) Persian: لکهٔ زرد (fa) (lakke-ye zard) Polish: plamka żółta f Portuguese: mácula (pt) f Russian: жёлтое пятно́ n (žóltoje pjatnó), ма́кула (ru) f (mákula) Swedish: gul fläck c

spot

Bulgarian: петно (bg) n (petno) Finnish: täplä (fi); pilkku (fi) (in the sun) Ido: makulo (io) Polish: plamka (pl) f Portuguese: mácula (pt) f, mancha (pt) f

large blot or splotch

Bulgarian: петно (bg) n (petno) Finnish: läiskä (fi), läikkä (fi) Italian: macula (it) f Polish: plama (pl) f, skaza (pl) f Portuguese: mancha (pt) f

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

Finnish: pilkku (fi), täplä (fi), alue (fi) (depending on relative size) Polish: plama (pl) f

Further reading

• macula on Wikipedia.Wikipedia
• “macula”, in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: G. & C. Merriam, 1913, →OCLC.
• William Dwight Whitney, Benjamin E[li] Smith, editors (1911), “macula”, in The Century Dictionary […], New York, N.Y.: The Century Co., →OCLC.
• “macula”, in OneLook Dictionary Search.

Catalan

Verb

macula

1. inflection of macular:
   1. third-person singular present indicative
   2. second-person singular imperative

French

Pronunciation

• Audio (France (Lyon)):

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Verb

macula

1. third-person singular past historic of maculer

Italian

Alternative forms

• macola

Etymology

Borrowed from Latin macula, whence also the inherited doublet macchia.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈma.ku.la/
• Rhymes: -akula
• Hyphenation: mà‧cu‧la

Noun

macula f (plural macule)

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

Synonyms

• (stain, blot): macchia

Related terms

• maculopatia

Further reading

• macula on the Italian Wikipedia.Wikipedia ^it
• macula in Treccani.it – Vocabolario Treccani on line, Istituto dell'Enciclopedia Italiana

Anagrams

• caluma, lumaca