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uveus

uveus [CL uva+-eus; cf. ME uvea], (tunica ~ea, also as sb. f., anat.) the middle layer of the eye, (also spec.) the outermost portion of this coating, iris. quare melancolia purgatur per oculos ‥ modus commixtionis elementorum qui est in ~ea tunica accedit ad modum commixtionis elementorum que sunt in melancolia Quaest. Salern. Ba 119; anterior ‥ medietas dicitur ~ea perforata, quoniam in se habet foramen, et illud dicitur pupilla Gilb. III 125. 2; de tunicis oculi ‥ illi qui dicunt tres esse totam primam tunicam vocant ~eam ‥ Alhazen dicit quod ~ea habeat duo foramina Bacon Persp. I 2. 2; est iste humor positus in foramine ~ee tunice ‥ appellatur hec tunica ~ea quia perforata ad modum uve Ps.-Ric. Anat. 26; septem [oculorum] tunice ‥ sunt septem pellicule sive tele, quarum prima dicitur ~ea aranea, secunda ~ea ‥ Bart. Angl. V 4; [secundine] correspondet a parte anteriori ~ea tunica, que habet foramen ad modum uve Gad. 107. 2.

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