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choroid en · ADJ

Pronunciation

• (Southern-England) audio
• /ˈkɒɹ.ɔɪd/ (Received-Pronunciation)
• /ˈkɔɹˌɔɪd/ (General-American)
• /ˈkɔː.ɹɔɪd/ (Received-Pronunciation)

Etymology

From New Latin choroides, from Ancient Greek χοροειδής (khoroeidḗs, alteration of χοριοειδής (khorioeidḗs, “like the afterbirth”)), from χόριον (khórion, “membrane that encloses the fetus in the womb, afterbirth”) + -ειδής (-eidḗs, “-like”).

Meanings

1. (not-comparable) Resembling the chorion, particularly in containing many blood vessels.

Deriveds

choroid plexus

choroid en · NOUN

Pronunciation

• (Southern-England) audio
• /ˈkɒɹ.ɔɪd/ (Received-Pronunciation)
• /ˈkɔɹˌɔɪd/ (General-American)
• /ˈkɔː.ɹɔɪd/ (Received-Pronunciation)

Etymology

From New Latin choroides, from Ancient Greek χοροειδής (khoroeidḗs, alteration of χοριοειδής (khorioeidḗs, “like the afterbirth”)), from χόριον (khórion, “membrane that encloses the fetus in the womb, afterbirth”) + -ειδής (-eidḗs, “-like”).

Meanings

1. The pigmented vascular layer of the eyeball between the retina and the sclera.

Forms

Deriveds

suprachoroid · choroidal · choroidoretinitis · choroideal · pachychoroidopathy · choroidoscleral · choroiditis · leptochoroid · choroidopathy · pachychoroid

Relateds

choroid coat · chorioid

Translations (21)

fi suonikalvo (vascular layer of the eye) · de Aderhaut (vascular layer of the eye) · it coroide (vascular layer of the eye) · nb årehinne (vascular layer of the eye) · pl naczyniówka (vascular layer of the eye) · cs cévnatka (vascular layer of the eye) · sh sudovnjača (vascular layer of the eye) · eo koroido (vascular layer of the eye) · fr choroïde (vascular layer of the eye) · is æða (vascular layer of the eye) · lv dzīslene (vascular layer of the eye) · fa مشیمیه (vascular layer of the eye) · gl coroide (vascular layer of the eye) · ar مَشِيمِيَّة (vascular layer of the eye) · es coroides (vascular layer of the eye) · tr damar tabaka (vascular layer of the eye) · hu érhártya (vascular layer of the eye) · ca coroide (vascular layer of the eye) · is æðahimna (vascular layer of the eye) · sv åderhinna (vascular layer of the eye) · cmn 脈絡膜 /脉络膜 (vascular layer of the eye)