Definitions for: Choroid

[n] a highly vascular membrane in the eye between the retina and the sclera

Webster (1913) Definition: Cho"roid, a. [gr. ?; ? chorion + ? 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.

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

Synonyms: choroid coat

See Also: eye, membrane, oculus, optic, peeper, tissue layer

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