Clinical Diagnosis · Sensory System · Medium
Uveitis
Meaning: Inflammation of the pigmented middle layer of the eye: the iris, ciliary body and choroid.
In practice: Painful red eye with photophobia and blurred vision; the commonest extra-articular feature of ankylosing spondylitis.
Word parts
- -itis means inflammation
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