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Choroid   Listen
noun
Choroid  n.  (Anat.) The choroid coat of the eye. See Eye.






Collaborative International Dictionary of English 0.48








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... consists of concentrically arranged coats and of refracting media inclosed in them. The coats are three in number, namely, (1) an external protective tunic made up of the sclerotic and cornea; (2) a middle vascular and pigmentary tunic, the choroid; (3) an internal nervous layer, the retina. The sclerotic is the white, opaque part of the outer tunic, of which it forms about the posterior five-sixths, being coextensive with the larger sphere already mentioned. The ...
— Special Report on Diseases of Cattle • U.S. Department of Agriculture



Words linked to "Choroid" :   eye, choroid vein, oculus, membrane, choroid plexus



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