uveous

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Frequency: Zipf frequency 0.00 in modern English

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adj

Obsolete

adj

Of, pertaining to, or of the nature of the uvea; uveal.

Obsolete

"Behind, concealed by woods of pine, / There grew on plains the uveous vine;"
"The uveous coat and the inside of the choroides are wonderfully blackened;[…]."
"1760, cataract, entry in Thomas Dyche, A New General Engliſh Dictionary, unnumbered page, […] alſo a diſtemper in the eyes cauſed by the congelation of phlegm between the uveous coat and cryſtalline humour."

From uva + -eous.

grapey uveal

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