uvea

英 ['juːvɪə] 美 ['jʊvɪə]
  • n. [解剖] 葡萄膜；[解剖] 眼色素层
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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.