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UVEA
Definition of UVEA
noun
The middle of the three concentric layers that make up the eye; it is pigmented and vascular, and comprises the choroid, the ciliary body, and the iris.
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Other senses
UVEA carries 4 further meanings.
noun
The vascular middle layer of the eye constituting the iris, ciliary body, and choroid.
noun
The vascular tunic of the eye; the iris, ciliary body, and choroid taken collectively. Also called tunica uvea and uveal tract.
noun
The dark choroid coat of the eye. See cut under eye.
noun
The posterior pigmented layer of the iris; -- sometimes applied to the whole iris together with the choroid coat.
Where it comes from
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”).
Etymology via Wiktionary (CC BY-SA).
Word DNA
Line of descent
- Ancient Greek
- Latin
- English
2 recorded generations before English.
Deepest traced root
3rd
of 59 source languages in OUTLIER
12.4%
of traced words share this origin (10,094)
branch · 12.4% of traced words
How it is built
Same root, UVEA · 5 relatives in the game
UVEA in a sentence
“Uveitis is a swelling of the uvea, which is the middle layer of the eye.”
Xoma: eye drug yields more positive study results - Yahoo! Finance, 2010
OUTLIER scores every word on how unusual it is, and that number is not published. Working it out at the board is the game.
UVEA in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 57 boards so far. 83 players have found it across Outlier's history.
It first turned up on Day 28, 17 June 2026. The most recent board was Day 163, 30 October 2026. It was on the latest finished board.
First ever to find it
on Day 28, 17 June 2026 - before anyone else in Outlier's history. See the Pioneers
Built from these letters
UVEA starts with U and ends with A. Sorted, its letters read AEUV - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. No letter is used twice, which makes it an isogram.
Same letters, different word
One other word uses exactly these letters. Worth knowing at the board: an anagram fits a grid the same way.
Also seen on Day 28
Could you have found UVEA?
OUTLIER is a daily word game. One grid, the same grid for everybody, and the words nobody else spots are the ones that pay. This word was on Day 28 - and most players walked straight past it.
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