Explore Macula through 10+ example sentences from English, with an explanation of the meaning and related words like spot or fleck. Ideal for language learners, writers and word enthusiasts.
Macula meaning
- 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.
- A small chamber of the inner ear of certain vertebrates filled with endolymph and containing an otolith.
- A spot, as on the skin, or on the surface of the sun or of some other luminous orb.
Synonyms of Macula
Using Macula
- The main meaning on this page is: 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. | A small chamber of the inner ear of certain vertebrates filled with endolymph and containing an otolith. | A spot, as on the skin, or on the surface of the sun or of some other luminous orb.
- Useful related words include: spot, fleck, patch, dapple.
- In the example corpus, macula often appears in combinations such as: the macula, macula the, in macula.
Context around Macula
- Average sentence length in these examples: 21.2 words
- Position in the sentence: 4 start, 13 middle, 3 end
- Sentence types: 20 statements, 0 questions, 0 exclamations
Corpus analysis for Macula
- In this selection, "macula" usually appears in the middle of the sentence. The average example has 21.2 words, and this corpus slice is mostly made up of statements.
- Around the word, word, prima, ganesa, lutea, flava and meaning stand out and add context to how "macula" is used.
- Recognizable usage signals include as in macula of retina and as the macula lutea. That gives this page its own corpus information beyond isolated example sentences.
- By corpus frequency, "macula" sits close to words such as abdulai, abhinandan and abhor, which helps place it inside the broader word index.
Example types with macula
The same corpus examples are grouped by length and sentence type, making it easier to see the contexts in which the word appears:
The fluid makes the macula swell, which blurs vision. (9 words)
About 70% of the workers in macula factories were female. (10 words)
The brush's size is consistent with the size of the macula. (12 words)
Use of Haidinger's brush The fact that the sensation of Haidinger's brush corresponds with the visual field correlate of the macula means that it can be utilised in training people to look at objects with their macula. (39 words)
The condition causes damage to a part of the eye called the macula, which is responsible for central vision or the ability to see things straight in front of us, according to the National Eye Institute. (36 words)
Various clusters of hair cells within the inner ear may instead be responsible; for example, bony fish contain a sensory cluster called the macula neglecta in the utricle that may have this function. (33 words)
Example sentences (20)
One theory is that it originally derives from the Latin word, macula, meaning spot or opacity (as in macula of retina ).
The macula has a yellow pigmentation from screening pigments and is known as the macula lutea.
Use of Haidinger's brush The fact that the sensation of Haidinger's brush corresponds with the visual field correlate of the macula means that it can be utilised in training people to look at objects with their macula.
Another region on the retina, called the macula, is where most of the visual receptors are located.
In patients with the condition, the macula - the part of the eye responsible for central vision - stops functioning effectively.
Wet AMD occurs when abnormal blood vessels form underneath the macula, the area of the retina responsible for sharp, central vision.
The Grand Inquisitor wants the power of the Prima Macula and injects himself with Hugo’s blood to gain that power.
Moving forward, researchers hope to use organoids to learn more about other regions of the eye—specifically the macula, the retina’s functional center.
The condition causes damage to a part of the eye called the macula, which is responsible for central vision or the ability to see things straight in front of us, according to the National Eye Institute.
About 70% of the workers in macula factories were female.
At the centre of the macula is the foveal pit where the cones are smallest and in a hexagonal mosaic, the most efficient and highest density.
Ganesa Macula may be an eroded impact crater with a dark dune in the center.
In the infant, many fibrous components were seen to extend from the macula flava towards the Reinke's space.
Some stellate cells were present in the macula flava, but started to show some signs of degeneration.
The brush's size is consistent with the size of the macula.
The chief characteristics of the disease are progressive mental and physical enfeeblement; weakness and paralysis of all the extremities; and marasmus, associated with symmetrical changes in the macula lutea.
The fluid makes the macula swell, which blurs vision.
The length from one ora to the other (or macula), the most sensitive area along the horizontal meridian is about 32 mm.
The macula's dichroism is thought to arise from some of its pigment molecules being arranged circularly.
Various clusters of hair cells within the inner ear may instead be responsible; for example, bony fish contain a sensory cluster called the macula neglecta in the utricle that may have this function.
Common combinations with macula
These word pairs occur most frequently in English texts:
- the macula 16×
- macula the 4×
- in macula 2×
- macula lutea 2×
- their macula 2×
- macula is 2×
- macula flava 2×