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[syn: choroid, choroid coat]
The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48:
Choroid \Cho"roid\, a. [gr. ?; ? chorion + e'i^dos form.]
(Anat.)
resembling the chorion; as, the choroid plexuses of the
ventricles of the brain, and the choroid coat of the eyeball.
-- n. The choroid coat of the eye. See Eye.
[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.
[1913 Webster]
WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006):
choroid
n 1: a highly vascular membrane in the eye between the retina
and the sclera; a dark pigmentation minimizes the
scattering of light inside the eye [syn: choroid,
choroid coat]