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uveal, a.|ˈjuːvɪəl|
[f. uve-a + -al1.]
†1. (See quot. and cf. uval a.) Obs. rare—0.
1658Phillips, Uveal, belonging to a Grape, like a Grape.
2. Pertaining or belonging to, constituting or consisting of, the uvea.
uveal tract, = uvea 2.
1658Phillips s.v. Tunicle, The Uveal, the Vitreal or glassy, and the Christalline [tunicles of the eye]. 1869J. S. Wells Dis. Eye iii. 144 The whole forming, in reality, one tissue, the uveal tract. 1891Lancet 21 March 678/1 A glandular apparatus by which the aqueous humour is secreted. Dr. Nicati names it the ‘uveal gland’. 1894D. J. Cunningham Man. Pract. Anat. II. 624 The portion on the deep surface of the iris forms its posterior uveal pigmentary layer.
b. Affecting or occurring in the uvea.
1896Lancet 15 Feb. 422/2 A case of Uveal Cysts in the Iris in a man aged forty-seven. |