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choroid
[ kawr-oid, kohr- ]
adjective
- like the chorion; membranous.
noun
choroid
/ ˈkɔːrɔɪd; ˈkɔːrɪˌɔɪd /
adjective
- resembling the chorion, esp in being vascular
noun
- the brownish vascular membrane of the eyeball between the sclera and the retina
choroid
/ ô′Ǿ′ /
Noun
- The dark-brown vascular coat of the eye between the sclera and the retina.
Adjective
- Resembling the chorion; membranous.
- Relating to or involving the choroid of the eye.
Other 51Թ Forms
- ·۴Ǿ adjective
- ܲ·۴Ǿ adjective
- ܲc·Ǿd adjective
51Թ History and Origins
51Թ History and Origins
Origin of choroid1
Example Sentences
Uveitis is a rare inflammatory disease of the choroid of the eye, which lies between the retina and the sclera.
They focused on a small region called the choroid plexus, which is known as a major conduit of immune cells into the brain.
A stick whacked him in the face and ruptured the choroid in the back of his left eye.
Winger Carl Hagelin, who was hit in the left eye with a stick blade during practice March 1, ruptured the choroid in the back of his eye and had two surgeries.
Hagelin has been out since taking a teammate’s errant stick to his left eye in practice March 1, rupturing the choroid so badly doctors considered removing it.
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