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chorio- 1. Combining form of chorion, as in ˌchorio-aˈllantois, a vascular membrane formed by the union of the chorion and the allantois in birds and reptiles and serving a respiratory function, often used as a medium for the culture of viruses, etc.; so ˌchorio-allanˈtoic a.; ˌchoriocarciˈnoma [f. G. chorion carcinom (F. Marchand 1898, in Zeitschr. f. Geburtsh. & Gyn. XXXIX. 255)], a malignant tumour of the chorionic epithelium; also called chorio-epithelioma; ˌchorio-epitheliˈoma [G. (F. Marchand 1898, in Zeitschr. f. Geburtsh. & Gyn. XXXIX. 256] = choriocarcinoma.
1929W. Moppett in Proc. R. Soc. B.CV. 402 The investigation of the biological action of homogeneous X-radiation..was performed with the chorio-allantoic membrane of the embryo chick. 1938Ann. Reg. 1937 352 The egg membrane technique was further developed, the chorio-allantoic membrane giving promise of replacing the experimental animal in the study of many viruses.
1933Jrnl. Exper. Zool. LXVI. 193 The development of embryonic rat tissues upon the chick chorio-allantois. 1959New Biol. XXX. 88 As in mammals the embryos soon become [in certain viviparous lizards] completely surrounded by membranes. Two of these, the chorion and the allantois, become fused early in development, the product being termed the chorio-allantois.
1901W. R. Williams Uterine Tumours xx. 346 Marchand..regards it as true cancer (chorio-carcinoma); but, since..the disease so closely resembles sarcoma, Marchand proposes to designate such growth provisionally as ‘serotinal tumours’. 1960Times 6 Jan. 9/5 Women with choriocarcinoma and related tumours.
1901Dorland Mod. Obstetrics (ed. 2) ii. i. 230 This tumor is purely epitheliomatous in nature and has been variously designated as a syncytioma malignum, chorioepithelioma, [etc.]. 1902Jrnl. Obstetr. & Gynæcol. I. 242 The point raised by Dr. Lockyer that there were two sorts, one without syncytial elements..to which the term ‘deciduoma malignum’ would be appropriate, and the one with syncytial elements of fœtal origin, for which the term ‘chorio-epithelioma’ would be better applied, was..very important. 2. [cf. choroido-.] Used as a combining form of choroid a., as in ˌchoriomeninˈgitis, cerebral meningitis affecting the choroid plexus; ˌchorioretiˈnitis, = choroido-retinitis.
1934Armstrong & Lillie Public Health Rep. (U.S. Treasury Dept.) XLIX. 1019 This virus, which differs from any virus with which the author is familiar, will be designated..as the virus of experimental lymphocytic choriomeningitis. 1961Lancet 23 Sept. 684/2 Serological examination by C.F. tests showed no high or rising titres for..lymphocytic choriomeningitis.
1880Archives Ophthalmol. IX. 1 In the following paper I submit a contribution to the study of chorio-retinitis pigmentosa. 1887Trans. Amer. Ophthalmol. Soc. IV. 579 (heading) Double chorio-retinitis, with partial degeneration of the optic nerve. 1961Lancet 23 Sept. 682/1 An 11-day-old premature infant who had meningoencephalitis but survived with..chorioretinitis. |