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choroid

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Adjective, Noun

HYPHEN

cho=roid

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WORDNET DICTIONARY

Noun choroid has 1 sense

choroid(n = noun.body) choroid coat - a highly vascular membrane in the eye between the retina and the sclera; a dark pigmentation minimizes the scattering of light inside the eye; Array

is a part of eye, oculus, optic

is a kind of membrane, tissue layer

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CIDE DICTIONARY

choroid, a. [gr. ; chorion + e'i^dos form.].

resembling the chorion; as, the choroid plexuses of the ventricles of the brain, and the choroid coat of the eyeball. [1913 Webster]

Choroid plexus (Anat.), one of the delicate fringelike processes, consisting almost entirely of blood vessels, which project into the ventricles of the brain.

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OXFORD DICTIONARY

choroid, adj. & n.
--adj. like a chorion in shape or vascularity.
--n. (in full choroid coat or membrane) a layer of the eyeball between the retina and the sclera.

Etymology

Gk khoroeides for khorioeides: see CHORION

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