macula

(mak’u-lah), pl. mac’ule [L]. A stain or spot; a discolored spot on the skin not elevated above the surface. macule acustice (mak’u-le a-kus’tis-e), the terminations of the acoustic nerve in the utricle or saccule. mac‘’ule al’bid , white spots sometimes seen after death on the serous layer of the peritoneum. mac‘’uls atroph'‘icw, white patches resembling scars formed on the skin by atrophy. mac’ule cesru’- lege, bluish patches on the skin sometimes seen in pediculosis. m. cor’ne®, a corneal opacity. m. cribro’sa, an area on the wall of the vestibule perforated for the pa age of filaments of the auditory nerve. It includes the m. cribro’sa infe’rior, for branches to the posterior semicircular canal; the ms. cribro’sa media, for branches to the sacculus; the m. cribro’'sa superior, for branches to the utricle and superior semicircular canals; and the m. cribro'sa quar’ta, for the cochlear nerve. m. fla’va, a part of the anterior end of the vocal cord at which a yellowish nodule is visible. m. follic’uli, the point in a graafian follicle where rupture occurs. m. germin at i’va, the germinal area. See area. m. gonorrho’ica, a red spot at the orifice of the vulvovaginal gland in gonorrheal vulvitis. Called also Sdnger’s m. mac’ulee lac’tes. Same as mac we albide. m. lu’- tea, the point of clearest vision at the center of the retina. Stimger’s m. See m. gonorrhoica. m. sola’ris, a freckle: lentigo. mac’ule tend in’es. Same as macie albide.