Thesaurus: choroid

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1. a. resembling the chorion; as, the choroid plexuses of the ventricles of the brain, and the choroid coat of the eyeball.
2. n. The choroid coat of the eye. See Eye.
3. n. a highly vascular membrane in the eye between the retina and the sclera; a dark pigmentation minimizes the scattering of light inside the eye
4. resembling the chorion; as, the choroid plexuses of the ventricles of the brain, and the choroid coat of the eyeball. -- n. The choroid coat of the eye. See Eye. Choroid plexus (Anat.), one of the delicate fringelike processes, consisting almost entirely of blood vessels, which project into the ventricles of the brain.
5. resembling the chorion; as, the choroid plexuses of theventricles of the brain, and the choroid coat of the eyeball.-- n.
6. n. a highly vascular membrane in the eye between the retina and the sclera; a dark pigmentation minimizes the scattering of light inside the eye