chorioid

[ kawr-ee-oid ]

adjective

, Anatomy.

1. choroid.

Other Words From

• sub·cho·ri·oid adjective
• sub·cho·ri·oi·dal adjective

Word History and Origins

Origin of chorioid¹

< 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

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 Project Gutenberg

The development of the pale circle which surrounds the disc, particularly in glaucomatous eyes, is due to a very slight recession of the pigment layer of the retina and of the margin of the chorioid at this point with some atrophy, apparently consequent on the beginning retraction of the lamina cribrosa and slightly increased pressure of the nerve fiber layer on the underlying tissues at the margin of the disc.

From Project Gutenberg

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 Project Gutenberg