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dot (dot) a small spot or speck.

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Gunn's dots  white dots seen about the macula lutea on oblique illumination.

Maurer's dots  irregular dots, staining red with Leishman's stain, seen in erythrocytes infected with Plasmodium falciparum.

Mittendorf's dot  a congenital anomaly manifested as a small gray or white opacity just inferior and nasal to the posterior pole of the lens, representing the remains of the lenticular attachment of the hyaloid artery; it does not affect vision.

Schüffner's dots  minute granules observed in erythrocytes infected with Plasmodium vivax when stained by certain methods.

Trantas' dots  small, white calcareous-looking dots in the limbus of the conjunctiva in vernal conjunctivitis.

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dot (dt)

n.

A tiny round mark made by or as if by a pointed instrument; a spot.