UVEA

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does uvea mean? 

• UVEA (noun)
  The noun UVEA has 1 sense:

1. the part of the eye that contains the iris and ciliary body and choroid

  Familiarity information: UVEA used as a noun is very rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• UVEA (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

The part of the eye that contains the iris and ciliary body and choroid

Classified under:

Nouns denoting body parts

Hypernyms ("uvea" is a kind of...):

anatomical structure; bodily structure; body structure; complex body part; structure (a particular complex anatomical part of a living thing and its construction and arrangement)

Holonyms ("uvea" is a part of...):

eye; oculus; optic (the organ of sight)

Derivation:

uveal; uveous (of or relating to the uvea of the eye)

 Context examples 

Disorders of the choroid including hereditary choroidal diseases, neoplasms, and other abnormalities of the vascular layer of the uvea.

(Choroid Disorder, NLM, Medical Subject Headings)

An inflammatory disorder of the cilliary body in the uvea that affects healthy, younger individuals who are often asymptomatic.

(Pars Planitis, NCI Thesaurus)

A pathologic finding about one or more characteristics of melanoma of the uvea, following the rules of the TNM AJCC v7 classification system as they pertain to staging of the primary tumor.

(Melanoma of the Uvea Pathologic Primary Tumor TNM Finding v7, NCI Thesaurus)

A finding about one or more characteristics of melanoma of the uvea, following the rules of the TNM AJCC v7 classification system.

(Melanoma of the Uvea TNM Finding v7, NCI Thesaurus)

Inflammation of the anterior uvea comprising the iris, angle structures, and the ciliary body.

(Anterior Uveitis, NLM, Medical Subject Headings)

A clinical finding about one or more characteristics of melanoma of the uvea, following the rules of the TNM AJCC v7 classification system.

(Melanoma of the Uvea Clinical TNM Finding v7, NCI Thesaurus)

A medulloepithelioma arising from the ciliary body of the uvea.

(Ciliary Body Medulloepithelioma, NCI Thesaurus)

A clinical finding about one or more characteristics of melanoma of the uvea, following the rules of the TNM AJCC v7 classification system as they pertain to distant metastases.

(Melanoma of the Uvea Clinical Distant Metastasis TNM Finding v7, NCI Thesaurus)

Suppurative inflammation of the tissues of the internal structures of the eye; not all layers of the uvea are affected.

(Endophthalmitis, NLM, Medical Subject Headings)

A pathologic finding about one or more characteristics of melanoma of the uvea, following the rules of the TNM AJCC v7 classification system as they pertain to staging of regional lymph nodes.

(Melanoma of the Uvea Pathologic Regional Lymph Nodes TNM Finding v7, NCI Thesaurus)