CHOROID COAT

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does choroid coat mean? 

• CHOROID COAT (noun)
  The noun CHOROID COAT has 1 sense:

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

  Familiarity information: CHOROID COAT used as a noun is very rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• CHOROID COAT (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

A highly vascular membrane in the eye between the retina and the sclera; a dark pigmentation minimizes the scattering of light inside the eye

Classified under:

Nouns denoting body parts

Synonyms:

choroid; choroid coat

Hypernyms ("choroid coat" is a kind of...):

membrane; tissue layer (a pliable sheet of tissue that covers or lines or connects the organs or cells of animals or plants)

Holonyms ("choroid coat" is a part of...):

eye; oculus; optic (the organ of sight)