optic cup in English

noun
1
a cuplike outgrowth of the brain of an embryo that develops into the retina.
Cell division also occurs at the distal margin of the optic cup , a region known as the ciliary marginal zone.
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1. There is a central depression, of variable size, called the optic cup.

2. A method for determining the position of an optic cup boundary in a 2D retinal image.