UVEITIS

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does uveitis mean? 

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

1. inflammation of the uvea of the eye

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

 Dictionary entry details 

• UVEITIS (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

Inflammation of the uvea of the eye

Classified under:

Nouns denoting stable states of affairs

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

inflammation; redness; rubor (a response of body tissues to injury or irritation; characterized by pain and swelling and redness and heat)

 Context examples 

It is often confused with uveitis and endophthalmitis, resulting in delayed diagnosis of the malignancy.

(Diffuse Retinoblastoma, NCI Thesaurus)

They found that mice without gut bacteria developed autoimmune uveitis much later, and with less severity, compared to control mice with normal gut flora.

(In uveitis, bacteria in gut may instruct immune cells to attack the eye, NIH)

Signs and symptoms include decreased vision, uveitis, and vitreous floaters.

(Intraocular Lymphoma, NCI Thesaurus)

It is of unknown etiology and characterized by mucocutaneous ulceration in the mouth and genital region and uveitis with hypopyon.

(Behcet syndrome, NLM, Medical Subject Headings)

It is characterized by the development of ulcers in the mouth and genital region and uveitis.

(Behcet syndrome, NCI Thesaurus)

Form of granulomatous uveitis occurring in the region of the pars plana.

(Pars Planitis, NLM, Medical Subject Headings)

Ocular symptoms include ulcerative conjunctivitis, keratitis, iritis, uveitis, and sometimes blindness.

(Erythema Multiforme Major, NLM, Medical Subject Headings)

Rare chronic inflammatory disease involving the small blood vessels; of unknown etiology and characterized by mucocutaneous ulceration in the mouth and genital region and uveitis with hypopyon; the neuroocular form may cause blindness and death; synovitis, thrombophlebitis, gastrointestinal ulcerations, retinal vasculitis, and optic atrophy may occur as well.

(Behcet syndrome, NIH CRISP Thesaurus)

In the case of autoimmune uveitis, immune cells (T cells) are thought to penetrate through the blood-ocular barrier.

(In uveitis, bacteria in gut may instruct immune cells to attack the eye, NIH)

The inflammatory eye disorder autoimmune uveitis occurs when a person’s immune system goes awry, attacking proteins in the eye.

(In uveitis, bacteria in gut may instruct immune cells to attack the eye, NIH)