uvea

From Medieval Latin, from Latin uva (“grape”), partial loan translation of Greek ῥαγοειδής χιτών (rhagoeidḗs khitṓn, “[covering] like a grape”), from ῥάξ (rháx, “grape”) .

uvea (plural uveas)

1. (anatomy) The middle of the three concentric layers that make up the eye; it is pigmented and vascular, and comprises the choroid, the ciliary body, and the iris.

• uveal coat
• uveal layer
• uveal tract
• vascular tunic

• uveal
• uveitis

• uvae, uvæ

uvea

1. absolutive singular of uve

• IPA^(key): /ˈu.ve.a/
• Rhymes: -uvea
• Hyphenation: ù‧ve‧a

uvea f (plural uvee)

1. (anatomy) uvea

   Synonym: (archaic) tunica ragoidea

• uveale
• uveite

uvea

1. taro leaf

• Firchow, Irwin, Firchow, Jacqueline, Akoitai, David (1973) Vocabulary of Rotokas - Pidgin - English‎, Ukarumpa: Summer Institute of Linguistics, page 137