choroid : Idioms & Phrases

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choroid coat

  • noun a highly vascular membrane in the eye between the retina and the sclera; a dark pigmentation minimizes the scattering of light inside the eye
    choroid.
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Choroid plexus

  • noun a vascular plexus of the cerebral ventricles that regulate intraventricular pressure
    plexus choroideus.
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  • (Anat.), one of the delicate fringelike processes, consisting almost entirely of blood vessels, which project into the ventricles of the brain.
Webster 1913

choroid vein

  • noun either of two veins serving the choroid coat of the eye
    vena choroidea.
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