Originally Posted By: zmjezhd
I've heard of macular degeneration; do we have mesh in our eyes?

Latin macula means 'spot, stain; mark, blemish'. It has a secondary meaning of mesh, from holes in the whole. Macular degeneration refers to the anatomy term macula lutea, literally 'yellow spot' near the center of the retina.


Yes, my father had that, totally correct as I understood it at the time.

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