macula
noun
a spot or blotch, especially on one's skin; macule.
macular
-
a word derived from
macula.
Example Sentences
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Sarah Farrant, an optometrist from Taunton, warned that viewing the eclipse without protection could damage the retina and macular at the back of the eye.
From BBC ● Aug. 11, 2026
Apellis has two approved drugs: Empaveli, which is approved to treat two rare kidney diseases, and Syforvre, which is used by patients with geographic atrophy, an advanced form of dry age-related macular degeneration.
From MarketWatch ● Mar. 31, 2026
Vivien Hillgrove, writer, producer and first-time director on this film, was enjoying a 50-year career of movie editing when she started losing her sight to a form of macular degeneration.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jan. 22, 2026
This figure includes people with wet macular degeneration, which is less common but typically more severe.
From Science Daily ● Jan. 9, 2026
The condition in which one sees better by night, relatively speaking, than by day is due to some lesion of the macular region, rendering it blind.
From Anomalies and Curiosities of Medicine by Walter L. (Walter Lytle) Pyle
