Usually means: Area of central, sharpest vision.
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We found 36 dictionaries that define the word macula:

General (20 matching dictionaries)
  1. macula: Merriam-Webster
  2. macula: Oxford Learner's Dictionaries
  3. macula: American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language
  4. macula: Collins English Dictionary
  5. macula: Vocabulary.com
  6. Macula, macula: Wordnik
  7. macula: Wiktionary
  8. macula: Webster's New World College Dictionary, 4th Ed.
  9. macula: The Wordsmyth English Dictionary-Thesaurus
  10. macula: Infoplease Dictionary
  11. macula: Dictionary.com
  12. Macula (disambiguation), Macula: Wikipedia, the Free Encyclopedia
  13. Macula: Online Plain Text English Dictionary
  14. macula: Webster's Revised Unabridged, 1913 Edition
  15. macula: Rhymezone
  16. Macula, mcula: AllWords.com Multi-Lingual Dictionary
  17. macula: Webster's 1828 Dictionary
  18. macula: FreeDictionary.org
  19. macula: Mnemonic Dictionary
  20. macula: TheFreeDictionary.com

Art (1 matching dictionary)
  1. Glossary of Stamp Collecting Terms (No longer online)

Business (1 matching dictionary)
  1. macula: Legal dictionary

Computing (1 matching dictionary)
  1. macula: Encyclopedia

Medicine (11 matching dictionaries)
  1. macula: Merriam-Webster Medical Dictionary
  2. Dorland's Illustrated Medical Dictionary (No longer online)
  3. Macula: MedTerms.com Medical Dictionary
  4. Macula: Merck Manuals
  5. online medical dictionary (No longer online)
  6. Hepatitis C Information Central (No longer online)
  7. Diabetes Dictionary (No longer online)
  8. AIDS Medical Glossary and Drug Chart (No longer online)
  9. Macula (planetary geology), macula: Medical dictionary
  10. University of Maryland Glossary of Medical Terms (No longer online)
  11. Macula: Drug Medical Dictionary

Science (2 matching dictionaries)
  1. macula: Nine Planets Glossary
  2. Anthropology dictionary (No longer online)

(Note: See maculae as well.)

Definitions from Wiktionary (macula)

noun:  (anatomy) An oval yellow spot near the center of the retina of the human eye, histologically defined as having two or more layers of ganglion cells, responsible for detailed central vision.
noun:  (anatomy, biology) A small chamber of the inner ear of certain vertebrates filled with endolymph and containing an otolith.
noun:  A spot, as on the skin, or on the surface of the sun or of some other luminous orb.
noun:  A rather large spot or blotch of color.
noun:  In planetary geology, an unusually dark area on the surface of a planet or moon.

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