uveitis
Americannoun
noun
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Etymology
Origin of uveitis
From New Latin, dating back to 1840–50; see origin at uvea, -itis
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The clock revealed that diseases such as diabetic retinopathy and uveitis cause accelerated aging within specific cell types.
From Science Daily ● Oct. 19, 2023
Optometrists who have gained extra qualifications will be able to prescribe medication, such as steroids and antibiotics used to treat common eye conditions like uveitis and conjunctivitis.
From BBC ● Oct. 2, 2023
At the time, Ton noted, Le did not have eye pain or uveitis, a form of eye inflammation frequently seen in Behcet’s patients.
From Washington Post ● Apr. 19, 2019
But the drug also gave her “almost every ‘itis’ you can get,” she said: arthritis-like joint pain, lung inflammation called pneumonitis and liver inflammation that bordered on hepatitis, in addition to the uveitis.
From Seattle Times ● Jan. 2, 2018
Even though the virus may still lurk inside the eye in survivors with uveitis, it is not on the surface or in tears, so patients cannot spread Ebola through casual contact.
From New York Times ● Oct. 19, 2017
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