choroid

English

Etymology

From (deprecated template usage) [etyl] Ancient Greek χόριον (khórion, “skin”) + εἶδος (eîdos, “resembling”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈkɔːɹɔɪd/
• IPA^(key): /ˈkoʊɹɔɪd/

Noun

choroid (plural choroids)

1. (anatomy) The vascular layer of the eye lying between the retina and the sclera.

Related terms

• chorioid
• choroid coat

Derived terms

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

 

Translations

vascular layer of the eye

• Catalan: coroide f
• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 脈絡膜／脉络膜 (zh) (màiluòmó), 脉络膜 (zh) (màiluòmó)

• Esperanto: koroido
• Finnish: suonikalvo (fi)
• French: choroïde (fr) f
• Galician: coroide (gl) f
• (deprecated template usage) {{trans-mid}}
• German: Aderhaut f
• Italian: coroide m
• Latvian: dzīslene f
• Persian: مشیمیه (fa) (mašimiye)
• Polish: naczyniówka f
• Serbo-Croatian: sudovnjača f
• Spanish: coroides f

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