macula
nounUK /ˈmæk.jᵿ.lə/ · US /ˈmæk.jə.lə/
Etymology From Middle English macula (“spot on the skin or in the eye”), borrowed from Latin macula (“spot, stain”). Doublet of macchia and macule.
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
- macula lutea, macular