suprachoroidadj.n.

1832 A. S. Doane tr. J. F. Meckel Man. Descr. & Pathol. Anat. III. 157 It is also incorrect to admit as the villo-glandular tunic or the supra-choroid membrane (membrana supra-choroidea), another membrane situated on the outside of the choroid.

1869 Med. Rec. 15 Jan. 522/1 The suprachoroid layer, through which the ciliary nerves pass, and the ciliary muscle in which they ramify, were not degenerated.

1920 H. E. Jordan Text-bk. Histol. 636 The lamina suprachoroidea (suprachoroid layer) is a very delicate membrane which contains many pigmented cells.

1962 Gray's Anat. (ed. 33) 1258 It [sc. the sclera] is separated from the outer surface of the chorioid by an extensive perichorioidal space, which is traversed by an exceedingly delicate cellular tissue, termed the suprachorioid lamina.

1982 Neuroscience 7 2460/2 Nerves are often visible in the suprachoroid lamina.

2002 R. S. Smith et al. in Systematic Eval. Mouse Eye viii. 137 The phagocytes invade the suprachoroid space and sclera.

1871 Arch. Ophthalmol. & Otol. 2 16 The supra-choroid also was normal.

1892 A. Duane tr. E. Fuchs Text-bk. Ophthalmol. ii. iv. 245 The suprachorioid [Ger. Suprachorioidea]..consists of numerous fine non-vascular but richly pigmented lamellæ lying between the chorioid proper and the sclera.

1959 S. Duke-Elder Parsons' Dis. Eye (ed. 13) i. 6 The greater part of the muscle is composed of meridional fibres running antero-posteriorly on the inner aspect of the sclera to find a diffuse insertion into the suprachoroid.

1978 F. W. Newell Ophthalmol. (ed. 4) i. 15/1 The outermost layer, the suprachoroid (lamina fusca), is made up of delicate lamellae composed of elastic and collagenous fibers to form a syncytium.

2010 Progress Retinal & Eye Res. 29 147/1 The suprachoroid is a transitional zone between choroid and sclera containing elements of both—collagen fibers, fibroblasts and melanocytes.