choroid

English

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”).

Pronunciation

• (Received Pronunciation) IPA^(key): /ˈkɔː.ɹɔɪd/, /ˈkɒɹ.ɔɪd/
• (General American) IPA^(key): /ˈkɔɹˌɔɪd/

Adjective

choroid (not comparable)

1. (anatomy) Resembling the chorion, particularly in containing many blood vessels.

   choroid plexus

Noun

choroid (plural choroids)

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

Derived terms

• choroidal
• choroideal
• choroiditis
• choroidopathy
• choroidoretinitis
• choroidoscleral
• leptochoroid
• pachychoroid
• suprachoroid

 

Related terms

• chorioid
• choroid coat

Translations

vascular layer of the eye

• Catalan: coroide f
• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 脈絡膜／脉络膜 (zh) (màiluòmó)

• Esperanto: koroido
• Finnish: suonikalvo (fi)
• French: choroïde (fr) f
• Galician: coroide (gl) f
• German: Aderhaut f
• Icelandic: æða (is) f, æðahimna (is)
• Italian: coroide m
• Latvian: dzīslene f
• Norwegian:

  Bokmål: årehinne m or f

• Persian: مشیمیه (fa) (mašimiye)
• Polish: naczyniówka f
• Serbo-Croatian: sudovnjača f
• Spanish: coroides f

References

• “choroid”, in Lexico, Dictionary.com; Oxford University Press, 2019–2022.
• “choroid”, in Merriam-Webster Online Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: Merriam-Webster, 1996–present.

Anagrams

• ochroid