| focal spot | The site of bombardment by electrons and emission of X-rays from the anode of an X-ray tube. See: focal spot size. (05 Mar 2000) |
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| focal spot size | The measured size of a focal spot, a function of its actual size and the angulation of the anode surface. See: focal spot. (05 Mar 2000) |
| forty-spot | <zoology> The Tasmanian forty-spotted diamond bird (Pardalotus quadragintus). Source: Websters Dictionary (01 Mar 1998) |
| Fuchs' black spot | An area of pigment proliferation in the macular region in degenerative myopia. (05 Mar 2000) |
| liver spot | A variably pigmented lentigo occurring on exposed skin of older Caucasians. Synonym: liver spot, solar lentigo. (05 Mar 2000) |