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From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.44 [gcide]: Choroid \Cho"roid\, adjective [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}. {Choroid plexus} (Anat.), one of the delicate fringelike processes, consisting almost entirely of blood vessels, which project into the ventricles of the brain. From WordNet (r) 2.0 [wn]: noun 1: a highly vascular membrane in the eye between the retina and the sclera [syn: {choroid coat}] |
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