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choroid

[ kawr-oid, kohr- ]

adjective

  1. like the chorion; membranous.


choroid

/ ˈkɔːrɔɪd; ˈkɔːrɪˌɔɪd /

adjective

  1. resembling the chorion, esp in being vascular
“Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged” 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012

noun

  1. the brownish vascular membrane of the eyeball between the sclera and the retina
“Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged” 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012

choroid

/ ôǾ′ /

Noun

  1. The dark-brown vascular coat of the eye between the sclera and the retina.

Adjective

  1. Resembling the chorion; membranous.
  2. Relating to or involving the choroid of the eye.
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Other 51Թ Forms

  • ·۴Ǿ adjective
  • ܲ·۴Ǿ adjective
  • ܲc·Ǿd adjective
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51Թ History and Origins

Origin of choroid1

1625–35; < Greek ǰDZ𾱻ḗs false reading for ǰDZ𾱻ḗs chorioid
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51Թ History and Origins

Origin of choroid1

C18: from Greek ǰDZ𾱻ŧ, erroneously for ǰDZ𾱻ŧ, from chorion
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Example Sentences

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Uveitis is a rare inflammatory disease of the choroid of the eye, which lies between the retina and the sclera.

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They focused on a small region called the choroid plexus, which is known as a major conduit of immune cells into the brain.

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A stick whacked him in the face and ruptured the choroid in the back of his left eye.

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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.

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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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