choroid

noun

cho·roid ˈkȯr-ˌȯid How to pronounce choroid (audio)

variants or less commonly chorioid

ˈkȯr-ē-ˌȯid How to pronounce choroid (audio)

: a vascular membrane containing large branched pigmented cells that lies between the retina and the sclera of the vertebrate eye

called also choroid coat

see eye illustration

choroid adjective

or choroidal

kə-ˈrȯi-dᵊl How to pronounce choroid (audio)

Example Sentences

Recent Examples on the Web The team also discovered that one of the astronauts developed folds in the choroid, the layer of blood vessels and tissue between the retina and the sclera.

Jennifer Leman, Popular Mechanics, 3 Mar. 2022 The condition, known technically as birdshot chorioretinopathy, causes severe, progressive inflammation of the retina and the choroid, the vascular layer of the eye.

Caren Chesler, Popular Mechanics, 6 Mar. 2019 Nightstar, a gene therapy company based in the U.K., has been undergoing clinical trials to address choroideremia, a mutation in the CHM gene that leads to degeneration of the choroid (Misrok’s vision is affected by choroid damage).

Caren Chesler, Popular Mechanics, 6 Mar. 2019 Behind the retina is a part of the eye called the choroid.

sandiegouniontribune.com, 20 Sep. 2017

单词	choroid
释义	choroid noun cho·roid ˈkȯr-ˌȯid variants or less commonly chorioid ˈkȯr-ē-ˌȯid : a vascular membrane containing large branched pigmented cells that lies between the retina and the sclera of the vertebrate eye called also choroid coat see eye illustration choroid adjective or choroidal kə-ˈrȯi-dᵊl Example Sentences Recent Examples on the Web The team also discovered that one of the astronauts developed folds in the choroid, the layer of blood vessels and tissue between the retina and the sclera. Jennifer Leman, Popular Mechanics, 3 Mar. 2022 The condition, known technically as birdshot chorioretinopathy, causes severe, progressive inflammation of the retina and the choroid, the vascular layer of the eye. Caren Chesler, Popular Mechanics, 6 Mar. 2019 Nightstar, a gene therapy company based in the U.K., has been undergoing clinical trials to address choroideremia, a mutation in the CHM gene that leads to degeneration of the choroid (Misrok’s vision is affected by choroid damage). Caren Chesler, Popular Mechanics, 6 Mar. 2019 Behind the retina is a part of the eye called the choroid. sandiegouniontribune.com, 20 Sep. 2017 Word History Etymology New Latin choroides resembling the chorion, from Greek chorioeidēs, from chorion chorion First Known Use 1683, in the meaning defined above Medical Definition choroid noun cho·roid ˈkō(ə)r-ˌȯid, ˈkȯ(ə)r- variants also chorioid ˈkōr-ē-ˌȯid, ˈkȯr- : a vascular membrane containing large branched pigment cells that lies between the retina and the sclera of the eye called also choroid coat
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choroid

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