Definitions
from The Century Dictionary.
- Of or relating to the uvea.
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- adjective Of or pertaining to the
uvea
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- adjective of or relating to the uvea of the eye
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Examples
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Although there is no direct link between exposure to radio waves and DNA damage, which can lead to cancer, studies have examined the possibility of an association between mobile phone use and melanoma of the eye, also called uveal melanoma.
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The incidence of uveal melanoma, just like that of other cancers, is highest among people with light skin and light eyes.
Simple Skin Beauty Ellen Marmur 2009
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The incidence of uveal melanoma, just like that of other cancers, is highest among people with light skin and light eyes.
Simple Skin Beauty Ellen Marmur 2009
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The incidence of uveal melanoma, just like that of other cancers, is highest among people with light skin and light eyes.
Simple Skin Beauty Ellen Marmur 2009
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In pursuance of our purpose to avoid uveal tissue, we split the cornea, and place the trephine as far forward as such splitting will allow, and we bear on the trephine in such a way that it cuts through on the corneal edge of the wound first.
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_ In acute glaucoma there is congestion of the entire uveal tract, the congestion partaking more of a venous stasis than of an active or arterial congestion.
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Second: The object of trephining is to tap and permanently drain the aqueous fluid from the anterior chamber of the eye into the sub-conjunctival space; in doing so it is essential to avoid as far as possible all interference with the uveal tissue.
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Classification: various types of glaucoma constituting clinical entities must be recognised, as: simple glaucoma, recurring exacerbations, congestive, mechanical, and increased tension arising during uveal inflammations.
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In eyes with low nutritive power, or subject to exacerbations of increased intra-ocular pressure, uveal inflammations may prove disastrous.
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The spongy nature of this meshwork affords free access of aqueous to the venous sinus of Schlemm, thence by tributaries into the supra-choroidal space and anterior uveal venous system.
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