Hypertext Webster Gateway: "punctum"

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) (web1913)

Punctum \Punc"tum\, n. [L., a point.]
A point.

{Punctum c[ae]cum}. [L., blind point.] (Anat.) Same as {Blind
spot}, under {Blind}.

{Punctum proximum}, near point. See under {Point}.

{Punctum remotum}, far point. See under {Point}.

{Punctum vegetationis} [L., point of vegetation] (Bot.), the
terminal cell of a stem, or of a leaf bud, from which new
growth originates.

From WordNet (r) 1.7 (wn)

punctum
n : (anatomy) a point or small area

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