chorioid

American  

[kawr-ee-oid] / ˈkɔr iˌɔɪd /

Also chorioidal

adjective

Anatomy.

1. choroid.

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Other Word Forms

• subchorioid adjective
• subchorioidal adjective

Etymology

Origin of chorioid

< Greek chorioeidḗs. See chori-, -oid

Example Sentences

Particularly, he cut the nerves running to the heart and every organ known to produce a hormone � the thyroids, parathyroids, thymus, duodenum, liver, pancreas, adrenals, pineal gland, pituitary body, chorioid plexus and sexual organs.

From Time Magazine Archive

In advanced absolute glaucoma the chorioid may become reduced to a very thin membrane consisting of connective tissue and pigmented cells, scarcely distinguishable even by moderate powers of the microscope.

From Glaucoma A Symposium Presented at a Meeting of the Chicago Ophthalmological Society, November 17, 1913 by Nance, Willis O.

During the acute attack, the vitreous may become slightly turbid by transudation of serum from the vessel of the ciliary body and the chorioid and may become filled with fibrin.

From Glaucoma A Symposium Presented at a Meeting of the Chicago Ophthalmological Society, November 17, 1913 by Nance, Willis O.