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'Macula' means 'spot' in Latin.
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It refers to the macula lutea in the eye.
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The term has been used for 500 years in various contexts.
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The ophthalmoscope was invented in 1850 to visualize the macula.
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Historical descriptions of the macula date back to 1782 and
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Samuel Thomas von Sömmerring is notable for his work related to the macula.
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Macular dystrophy has been extensively documented in ophthalmic literature.