See Also: Maldivian(dictionary)
Maldivian Air Taxi(tourism)
Trans Maldivian Airways(tourism)
Maldivian Air Taxi flights(tourism)
Trans Maldivian Airways flights(tourism)
Peripheral(health)
peripheral(dictionary)
Peripheral(medicine)
peripheral 1, adjective(dictionary)
peripheral 2, noun(dictionary)

Peripheral vision (health) and Maldivian (iou)


Peripheral vision (health)


Also called "side vision". That part of vision that detects objects outside of where we are directly focusing our eyes. When we look directly at something we are using the fovea - that part of our retina where there is a high density of cone photoreceptors and thus allows for detailed vision. The fovea is part of the macula - that part of our retina with mostly cone photoreceptors and used for day time vision. Outside of the macula is what is typically referred to as peripheral vision, and peripheral vision is dominated by the rod photoreceptors. Peripheral vision is used mainly for detecting objects and in directing where we should fixate our fovea or central vision. Peripheral vision is used mostly during the night. Without peripheral vision, we would have "tunnel vision". If a person has a significant loss of peripheral vision the person would be legally blind. See legal blindness.





Maldivian (iou)



Maldivian noun & adjective. L18.
[from Maldives or Maldive islands (see below) + -IAN.]
A. noun. A native or inhabitant of the Maldives, a country consisting of a chain of islands in the Indian Ocean; the form of the Sinhalese language used in the Maldives. L18.
b. adjective. Of or pertaining to the Maldives or the Sinhalese language used there. M19.