Definition of Choroids

1. Noun. (plural of choroid) ¹

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Definition of Choroids

1. choroid [n] - See also: choroid

Lexicographical Neighbors of Choroids

choroid vein
choroid veins of eye
choroidal
choroidal artery
choroidal fissure
choroidal ring
choroidal vascular atrophy
choroidea
choroideraemia
choroiditis
choroido-
choroidocyclitis
choroidopathy
choroidoretinitis
choroidosis
choroids (current term)
choroisotherm
chorology
chorometry
choropleth map
choros
chorred
chorrin
chorring
chors
chorten
chortens
chortle
chortled
chortler

Literary usage of Choroids

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. Report. by Henry Phipps Institute (1906)
"The tendency in the choroids is to organization of the tubercles into fibroid tissue. ... Cystic choroids during adult life are not at all infrequent. ..."

2. Annals of Ophthalmology (1916)
"After referring to chemical experiments with the choroids of the eyes of oxen, he considers it possible to affirm that in such choroids there is a ferment ..."

3. Transactions of the Ophthalmological Society of the United Kingdom (1881)
"The choroids were so much disorganised that I suspected syphilis. There was, however, nothing to support this suggestion and he firmly denied having ever ..."

4. On the Use of the Ophthalmoscope in Diseases of the Nervous System and of by Thomas Clifford Allbutt (1871)
"After death miliary tubercle was discovered in the pia mater, and scattered through the body, and their presence in the choroids was verified. ..."

5. The Medical Times and Gazette (1861)
"With the ophthalmoscope, the vitreous in each eye wa» seen to be turbid and full of white, silvery films floating in its structure. The choroids and ..."

6. A Clinical memoir on certain diseases of the eye and ear, consequent on by Sir Jonathan Hutchinson (1863)
"The choroids and retinae could with difficulty be seen. ... As the state of the choroids was such as to render the diagnosis of syphilis almost certain, ..."

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