different between terms vs uveous

English

Pronunciation

• (Received Pronunciation) IPA^(key): /t??mz/
• (US) IPA^(key): /t?mz/

Noun

terms

1. plural of term

Verb

terms

1. Third-person singular simple present indicative form of term

Anagrams

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Swedish

Noun

terms

1. indefinite genitive singular of term

English

Etymology 1

From uva +? -eous.

Adjective

uveous (not comparable)

1. (obsolete) Of, pertaining to, or resembling a grape or grapes.
   • 1879, Robert Scott, Poems, page 3,

     Behind, concealed by woods of pine, / There grew on plains the uveous vine;

Synonyms

• (of or pertaining to grapes): grapey

Etymology 2

From uvea +? -ous. (Related to above via Latin uva.)

Adjective

uveous (not comparable)

1. (obsolete) Of, pertaining to, or of the nature of the uvea; uveal.
   • 1721, Cotton Mather, The Christian Philosopher: A Collection of the Best Discoveries in Nature, with Religious Improvements, 1815, page 250,

     The uveous coat and the inside of the choroides are wonderfully blackened; […] .

   • 1760, cataract, entry in Thomas Dyche, A New General Engli?h Dictionary, unnumbered page,

     […] al?o a di?temper in the eyes cau?ed by the congelation of phlegm between the uveous coat and cry?talline humour.

Synonyms

• (of or pertaining to the uvea): uveal