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yellow spot

American  

noun

  1. Ophthalmology. macula.


yellow spot British  

noun

  1. anatomy another name for macula lutea

"Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged" 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012

Etymology

Origin of yellow spot

First recorded in 1865–70

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It still left a small yellow spot, which is why it lands in fourth place.

From Salon Jun. 11, 2022

“There are painters who transform the sun into a yellow spot,” he observed, “but there are others who, with the help of their art and their intelligence, transform a yellow spot into the sun.”

From Washington Post Dec. 22, 2020

He added beauty, cheerfulness, generosity, gratitude — and his ability to make us see sunshine in a yellow spot.

From Washington Post Dec. 22, 2020

Replaced every week, it directs viewers’ eyes to the adjacent wall, where the yellow spot in a painting by Joan Miró gleams a little brighter.

From Economist Jul. 12, 2018

The yellow spot sprang wide and dim on an empty stretch of floor; he moved it over a circle of crumpled bedclothes.

From "Native Son" by Richard Wright

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