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Found 1 definition: choroid.

Pos: Adjective, Noun

[WORDNET DICTIONARY]

Noun choroid has 1 senses

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;
is a kind of membrane, tissue layer
is a part of eye, oculus, optic

[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.

[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