different between uvea vs uveous

English

Etymology

From Medieval Latin, from Latin uva (“grape”), partial loan translation of Greek ????????? ????? (rhagoeid?s khit?n, “[covering] like a grape”), from ??? (rháx, “grape”) .

Noun

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.

Synonyms

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

Derived terms

• uveal
• uveitis

Translations

Anagrams

• uvae, uvæ

Basque

Noun

uvea

1. absolutive singular of uve

Italian

Noun

uvea f (plural uvee)

1. (anatomy) uvea

   Synonym: (archaic) tunica ragoidea

Derived terms

• uveale
• uveite

Rotokas

Noun

uvea

1. taro leaf

References

• Firchow, Irwin; Firchow, Jacqueline; Akoitai, David (1973) Vocabulary of Rotokas - Pidgin - English?^[1], Ukarumpa: Summer Institute of Linguistics, page 137

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