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What is the noun for macular?

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macula
  1. (anatomy) An oval yellow spot near the center of the retina of the human eye, histologically defined as having two or more layers of ganglion cells, responsible for detailed central vision.
  2. A spot, as on the skin, or on the surface of the sun or of some other luminous orb.
  3. A rather large spot or blotch of color.
  4. In planetary geology, an unusually dark area on the surface of a planet or moon.
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  6. Examples:
    1. “Fuchs' spot describes a round or elliptic elevated dark brown lesion located in the macula that arises because of choroidal neovascularization.”
      “Degeneration of the macula causes blurred central vision or a blind spot in the center of your visual field.”
      “The focus is on a 3-millimeter-wide yellow spot, called the macula lutea, toward the back and center of the eye.”
maculopathy
  1. (pathology) Any disease of the macula of the eye
  2. Examples:
    1. “In patients with associated maculopathy, OCT demonstrates a retinal detachment with a typical convex schisis of the outer retinal layer in most patients.”
      “Ophthalmoscopic examination may reveal granular pigmentary changes in the form of bull's-eye maculopathy with a circle of RPE atrophy surrounding the central fovea.”
maculopathies
  1. plural of maculopathy
maculae
  1. plural form of macula
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  3. Examples:
    1. “The maculae consist of rather shapeless compartments known as the sacculus and utriculus.”
      “We report here a 62-year-old seemingly healthy patient who presented with disseminated erythematous maculae.”
      “The process is characterized by dirty grayish or ash-gray-colored maculae on the skin of the trunk and limbs.”
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