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Choroid
Pronunciation : Cho"roid
Part of Speech : a.
Etymology : [gr. (Anat.)
Definition : Defn: resembling the chorion; as, the choroid plexuses of the ventricles of the brain, and the choroid coat of the eyeball. -- n.
Defn: 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.
Source : Webster's Unabridged Dictionary, 1913
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