"choroid" meaning in All languages combined

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Adjective [English]

IPA: /ˈkɔː.ɹɔɪd/ [Received-Pronunciation], /ˈkɒɹ.ɔɪd/ [Received-Pronunciation], /ˈkɔɹˌɔɪd/ [General-American]
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”). Etymology templates: {{der|en|NL.|choroides}} New Latin choroides, {{der|en|grc|χοροειδής|pos=alteration of <i class="Polyt mention" lang="grc">χοριοειδής</i> (khorioeidḗs, “like the afterbirth”)}} Ancient Greek χοροειδής (khoroeidḗs, alteration of χοριοειδής (khorioeidḗs, “like the afterbirth”)), {{af|grc|χόριον|-ειδής|nocat=1|t1=membrane that encloses the fetus in the womb, afterbirth|t2=-like}} χόριον (khórion, “membrane that encloses the fetus in the womb, afterbirth”) + -ειδής (-eidḗs, “-like”) Head templates: {{en-adj|-}} choroid (not comparable)
  1. (anatomy) Resembling the chorion, particularly in containing many blood vessels. Tags: not-comparable Categories (topical): Anatomy
    Sense id: en-choroid-en-adj-NehHY0h8 Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 72 28 Topics: anatomy, medicine, sciences

Noun [English]

IPA: /ˈkɔː.ɹɔɪd/ [Received-Pronunciation], /ˈkɒɹ.ɔɪd/ [Received-Pronunciation], /ˈkɔɹˌɔɪd/ [General-American] Forms: choroids [plural]
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”). Etymology templates: {{der|en|NL.|choroides}} New Latin choroides, {{der|en|grc|χοροειδής|pos=alteration of <i class="Polyt mention" lang="grc">χοριοειδής</i> (khorioeidḗs, “like the afterbirth”)}} Ancient Greek χοροειδής (khoroeidḗs, alteration of χοριοειδής (khorioeidḗs, “like the afterbirth”)), {{af|grc|χόριον|-ειδής|nocat=1|t1=membrane that encloses the fetus in the womb, afterbirth|t2=-like}} χόριον (khórion, “membrane that encloses the fetus in the womb, afterbirth”) + -ειδής (-eidḗs, “-like”) Head templates: {{en-noun}} choroid (plural choroids)
  1. (anatomy) The pigmented vascular layer of the eyeball between the retina and the sclera. Categories (topical): Anatomy Derived forms: choroidal, choroideal, choroiditis, choroidopathy, choroidoretinitis, choroidoscleral, leptochoroid, pachychoroid, suprachoroid Related terms: chorioid, choroid coat Translations (vascular layer of the eye): coroide [feminine] (Catalan), 脈絡膜 (Chinese Mandarin), 脉络膜 (màiluòmó) (Chinese Mandarin), koroido (Esperanto), suonikalvo (Finnish), choroïde [feminine] (French), coroide [feminine] (Galician), Aderhaut [feminine] (German), æða [feminine] (Icelandic), æðahimna (Icelandic), coroide [masculine] (Italian), dzīslene [feminine] (Latvian), årehinne [feminine, masculine] (Norwegian Bokmål), مشیمیه (mašimiye) (Persian), naczyniówka [feminine] (Polish), sudovnjača [feminine] (Serbo-Croatian), coroides [feminine] (Spanish)
    Sense id: en-choroid-en-noun-cOujqaAD Topics: anatomy, medicine, sciences

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        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "choroïde"
    },
    {
      "code": "gl",
      "lang": "Galician",
      "sense": "vascular layer of the eye",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "coroide"
    },
    {
      "code": "de",
      "lang": "German",
      "sense": "vascular layer of the eye",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "Aderhaut"
    },
    {
      "code": "is",
      "lang": "Icelandic",
      "sense": "vascular layer of the eye",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "æða"
    },
    {
      "code": "is",
      "lang": "Icelandic",
      "sense": "vascular layer of the eye",
      "word": "æðahimna"
    },
    {
      "code": "it",
      "lang": "Italian",
      "sense": "vascular layer of the eye",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "coroide"
    },
    {
      "code": "lv",
      "lang": "Latvian",
      "sense": "vascular layer of the eye",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "dzīslene"
    },
    {
      "code": "nb",
      "lang": "Norwegian Bokmål",
      "sense": "vascular layer of the eye",
      "tags": [
        "feminine",
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "årehinne"
    },
    {
      "code": "fa",
      "lang": "Persian",
      "roman": "mašimiye",
      "sense": "vascular layer of the eye",
      "word": "مشیمیه"
    },
    {
      "code": "pl",
      "lang": "Polish",
      "sense": "vascular layer of the eye",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "naczyniówka"
    },
    {
      "code": "sh",
      "lang": "Serbo-Croatian",
      "sense": "vascular layer of the eye",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "sudovnjača"
    },
    {
      "code": "es",
      "lang": "Spanish",
      "sense": "vascular layer of the eye",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "coroides"
    }
  ],
  "word": "choroid"
}

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