uvea
英 ['juːvɪə]
美['jʊvɪə]
- n. [解剖] 葡萄膜；[解剖] 眼色素层
英英释义
- 1. the part of the eye that contains the iris and ciliary body and choroid
英文词源
- uvea (n.)
- late 14c., from medical Latin uvea, from Latin uva "grape; uvula" (see uvula). Partial loan-translation of Greek hrago-eides (khiton) "(the covering) resembling berries or grapes" (Galen). Related: Uveal.