An Etymological Dictionary of Astronomy and Astrophysics

A small depression, approximately 1.5 millimeters in diameter, at the back of the → retina. It forms the area of the most acute vision.

Etymology (EN): Contraction of fovea centralis, from L. fovea “small pit,” of unknown origin.

Etymology (PE): Lake-ye zard, literally “yellow spot,” from laké, → spot, zard, → yellow.