a small pit or depression at the back of the retina forming the point of sharpest vision.
Origin
1855-60; < Neo-Latin: central fovea
British Dictionary definitions for fovea centralis
fovea centralis
/sɛnˈtrɑːlɪs/
noun
1.
a small depression in the centre of the retina that contains only cone cells and is therefore the area of sharpest vision
Word Origin
C19: from New Latin: central fovea
fovea centralis in Medicine
fovea centralis fovea cen·tra·lis (sěn-trā'lĭs) n. A depression in the center of the macula of the retina, the area of the most acute vision, where only cones are present and where blood vessels are lacking. Also called central fovea, central pit.