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| cho·roid [ káw ròyd ] |
noun (plural cho·roids) |
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membrane of the eye: a brownish membrane between the retina and the white of the eye in vertebrates that contains blood vessels and large pigmented cells
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like the chorion: resembling the chorion in being vascular or membranous
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| [Mid-17th century. < Greek khoroeidēs< khorion "chorion"] |
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