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单词 uvea
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uvean.

Brit. /ˈjuːvɪə/, U.S. /ˈjuviə/
Etymology: < medieval Latin uvea (whence Italian uvea , Spanish uvea , Portuguese uvea , French uvée ), < Latin ūva uva n.
Anatomy.
1. The posterior coloured surface or choroid coat of the eye. Obsolete.
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uvea1525
sclerotica?1541
salvatrice1583
chorion1650
sclerotis1670
choroid1683
sclerotic tunic1691
sclerotic1696
goggle?1705
choroid membrane1741
sclerotic coat1741
sclerotic membrane1842
suprachoroid1871
sclera1888
1525 Anothomia in tr. H. von Brunschwig Noble Experyence Handy Warke Surg. sig. Bjv/2 The vtter most [part of the coat]..is named vuea, & hath the hole of the ball of the iye.
1543 B. Traheron Interpr. Straunge Wordes in tr. J. de Vigo Most Excellent Wks. Chirurg. sig. §§.iiiv/2 One of the skynnes of the eye is called vuea bycause it is lyke the stone of a grape.
1615 H. Crooke Μικροκοσμογραϕια 555 Figure 4. sheweth the Vuea or Grapy coate with a portion of the Opticke Nerue.
1676 Philos. Trans. (Royal Soc.) 11 746 Where he considers, why the Uvea or Choroides is black in Men, but of divers colours in Brutes.
1686 R. Boyle Free Enq. Notion Nature vii. 311 I consider then that what is call'd the Pupil or Apple of the Eye, is not (as 'tis known ,) a substantial Part of the Organ, but only a round Hole or Window made in the Uvea, at which the Modify'd Beams of Light enter, to fall upon the Chrystalline Humour.
1728 E. Chambers Cycl. at Eye The Crystalline [humour], situate immediately under the Aqueous, behind the Uvea, opposite to the Pupil.
1797 M. Bryan Compend. Syst. Astron. 156 The uvea commences where the choroides divides from the sclerotica, from which part..the pupil is called the iris.
2. A layer of pigmented cells forming the posterior covering of the iris; the middle coat or vascular tunic of the eye, composed of the choroid, iris, and ciliary body; the uveal tract.
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1745 R. James Med. Dict. at Iris The generality of Anatomists call that Membrane, which I have spoke of under the Name of Iris, the Uvea.
c1760 A. Monro Anat. Nerves in Wks. (1781) 349 Small fibres..running along the choroid coat on the outside of the retina in their course to the uvea or iris.
?1768–9 Encycl. Brit. (1771) I. 289/2 This portion [of the coat of the eye] goes commonly by the particular name of uvea..and..has likewise got the name of iris.
1838 Penny Cycl. X. 139/2 A vertical section of the globe, showing the ciliary body and processes with the uvea.
This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1926; most recently modified version published online December 2021).
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