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 choroid coat will be recognized as the black layer lying subjacent to the sclerotic.
From Special Report on Diseases of Cattle by United States. Bureau of Animal Industry
Near where the sclerotic coat joins the cornea, the choroid coat separates from the outer wall and, by folding, forms many slight projections into the interior space.
From Physiology and Hygiene for Secondary Schools by Walters, Francis M.
Take out both the lens and the iris and the choroid coat of the eye will reproduce both.
From Preventable Diseases by Hutchinson, Woods
Whence it is evident that vision exists where the choroid coat is not present, and consequently that the choroid coat is not the organ of vision.
From Popular Lectures on Zoonomia Or The Laws of Animal Life, in Health and Disease by Garnett, Thomas
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