fovea centralis

a small depression in the central portion of the retina in which retinal cone cells are most concentrated and an image is focused most clearly. Also called fovea. —foveal adj.

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December 18th 2024

inferior function

in the analytic psychology of Carl Jung, one of the three nondominant, unconscious functions of the personality that are dominated by the superior function in a particular functional type.