Source: The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48
Choroid \Cho"roid\, a. [gr. ?; ? chorion + e'i^dos form.]
(Anat.)
resembling the chorion; as, the choroid plexuses of the
ventricles of the brain, and the choroid coat of the eyeball.
-- n. The choroid coat of the eye. See Eye.
[1913 Webster]
Choroid plexus (Anat.), one of the delicate fringelike
processes, consisting almost entirely of blood vessels,
which project into the ventricles of the brain.
[1913 Webster]
choroid
n 1: a highly vascular membrane in the eye between the retina
and the sclera; a dark pigmentation minimizes the
scattering of light inside the eye [syn: choroid,
choroid coat]