Etymology

fovea

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Today it means: A slight depression or pit in a bone or organ. Full definition →

Latin fovea
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  1. Latin · borrowed fromfovea“ditch, pit”
  2. English todayfovea

From Latin fovea (“ditch, pit”). Doublet of foiba.

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