Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

macula lutea

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 1.81 in modern English

Syllables: mac-u-la -lutea
IPA

15

Scrabble Score

11

Letters

4

Syllables

7

Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

macula (yellow spot in the human eye)

Etymology

From Latin macula (“stain, blemish”) + lūtea (“saffron yellow”).

Origin

Source language: Latin

Word Breakdown

Root: macula

Inflected Forms

maculae luteae (plural)

Synonyms

macula macular area yellow spot

Questions

What does macula lutea mean?: macula (yellow spot in the human eye)
Where does macula lutea come from?: It is traced to Latin.

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