uvea

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• Received-Pronunciation: /ˈjuːvɪə/
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• General-American: /ˈjuvɪə/
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• rhymes with -uːviə
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From Medieval Latin ūvea (“grape-like”), from Latin ūva (“grape”) + -ea, partial calque of Ancient Greek ῥαγοειδής χιτών (rhagoeidḗs khitṓn, “[covering] like a grape”), from ῥάξ (rháx, “grape”).

8 source translations are retained for this English entry.

• Czech: střední vrstva oční koule — the middle of the three concenctric layers that make up the eye
• Czech: živnatka — the middle of the three concenctric layers that make up the eye
• German: mittlere Augenhaut — the middle of the three concenctric layers that make up the eye
• Japanese: 葡萄膜 (budōmaku) — the middle of the three concenctric layers that make up the eye
• Polish: błona naczyniowa — the middle of the three concenctric layers that make up the eye
• Portuguese: úvea — the middle of the three concenctric layers that make up the eye
• Russian: сосу́дистая оболо́чка гла́за (sosúdistaja obolóčka gláza) — the middle of the three concenctric layers that make up the eye
• Spanish: úvea — the middle of the three concenctric layers that make up the eye