a. [f. UVE-A + -AL.]
† 1. (See quot. and cf. UVAL a.) Obs. rare–0.
1658. Phillips, Uveal, belonging to a Grape, like a Grape.
2. Pertaining or belonging to, constituting or consisting of, the uvea.
Uveal tract, = UVEA 2.
1658. Phillips, s.v. Tunicle, The Uveal, the Vitreal or glassy, and the Christalline [tunicles of the eye].
1869. J. S. Wells, Dis. Eye, iii. 144. The whole forming, in reality, one tissue, the uveal tract.
1891. Lancet, 21 March, 678/1. A glandular apparatus by which the aqueous humour is secreted. Dr. Nicati names it the ‘uveal gland.’
1894. D. J. Cunningham, Man. Pract. Anat., II. 624. The portion on the deep surface of the iris forms its posterior uveal pigmentary layer.
b. Affecting or occurring in the uvea.
1896. Lancet, 15 Feb., 422/2. A case of Uveal Cysts in the Iris in a man aged forty-seven.
