choroid coat
Americannoun
Etymology
Origin of choroid coat
First recorded in 1735–45
Example Sentences
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Light enters the front of the eye through a hole in the choroid coat called the pupil.
From Textbooks ● Jan. 1, 2015
The pigmented layer of the choroid coat represents this blackened lining.
From A Practical Physiology by Albert F. Blaisdell
Between the sclerotic and the subjacent choroid coat is a lymph space traversed by some loose pigmented connective tissue,—the 92 lamina fusca.
From Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 10, Slice 1 "Evangelical Church Conference" to "Fairbairn, Sir William" by Various
Take out both the lens and the iris and the choroid coat of the eye will reproduce both.
From Preventable Diseases by Woods Hutchinson
It rests upon the choroid coat and spreads over about two thirds of the back surface of the eyeball.
From Physiology and Hygiene for Secondary Schools by Francis M. Walters
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