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macula (iou) and reduce (oh)


macula (iou)



macula noun. , -las. LME.
[Latin.]
1. Chiefly Science. A spot, a stain; Medicine a permanent spot or stain in the skin. LME.
2. Anatomy. Any of various structures which have the appearance of a spot. M19.
macula lutea an oval yellowish area surrounding the fovea near the centre of the retina, where visual acuity is most pronounced; also called yellow spot.
macular adjective of or pertaining to maculae; characterized by the presence of maculae; spec. of or pertaining to the macula lutea: E19.

reduce (oh)



[Date: 1300-1400; Language: Latin; Origin: reducere 'to lead back', from ducere 'to lead']
[T] to make something smaller or less in size, amount, or price
-synonym cut cut
-see also reduction reduction
::The governor announced a new plan to reduce crime.
::The helmet law should reduce injuries in motorcycle accidents.
::Small businesses will need to reduce costs in order to survive.
reduce sth by sth
::The workforce has been reduced by half.
reduce sth (from sth) to sth
::All the shirts were reduced to ¡ê10.
::The new bridge should reduce travelling time from 50 minutes to 15 minutes.
[I and T] if you reduce a liquid, or if it reduces, you boil it so that there is less of it
[I] especially AmE to become thinner by losing weight
-see also diet diet
be in reduced circumstances
old-fashioned to be poorer than you were before
reduce to [reduce sb/sth to sth] phr v
reduce sb to tears/silence etc
to make someone cry, be silent etc
::She was reduced to tears in front of her students.
reduce sb to doing sth
to make someone do something they would rather not do, especially when it involves behaving or living in a way that is not as good as before
::Eventually Charlotte was reduced to begging on the streets.
reduce sth to ashes/rubble/ruins
to destroy something, especially a building, completely
::A massive earthquake reduced the city to rubble.
to change something into a shorter simpler form
::Many Jobs can be reduced to a few simple points.