Word Meanings - CHOROID - Book Publishers vocabulary database

resembling the chorion; as, the choroid plexuses of the ventricles of the brain, and the choroid coat of the eyeball. -- n.

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• CHORION
  The outer membrane of seeds of plants. (more info) The outer membrane which invests the fetus in the womb; also, the similar membrane investing many ova at certain stages of development. The true skin, or cutis.
• BRAIN
  The whitish mass of soft matter (the center of the nervous system, and the seat of consciousness and volition) which is inclosed in the cartilaginous or bony cranium of vertebrate animals. It is simply the anterior termination of the spinal cord,
• RESEMBLINGLY
  So as to resemble; with resemblance or likeness.
• BRAINSICKLY
  In a brainsick manner.
• CHOROID
  resembling the chorion; as, the choroid plexuses of the ventricles of the brain, and the choroid coat of the eyeball. -- n.
• RESEMBLANT
  Having or exhibiting resemblance; resembling. Gower.
• BRAINSICK
  Disordered in the understanding; giddy; thoughtless. -- Brain"sick*ness, n.
• BRAINED
  Supplied with brains. If th' other two be brained like us. Shak.
• RESEMBLE
  sembler to seem, resemble, fr. L. similare, simulare, to imitate, fr. 1. To be like or similar to; to bear the similitude of, either in appearance or qualities; as, these brothers resemble each other. We will resemble you in that. Shak.
• CHOROIDAL
  Pertaining to the choroid coat.
• BRAINISH
  Hot-headed; furious. Shak.
• RESEMBLABLE
  Admitting of being compared; like. Gower.
• BRAINY
  Having an active or vigorous mind.
• EYEBALL
  The ball or globe of the eye.
• BRAINLESS
  Without understanding; silly; thougthless; witless. -- Brain"less*ness, n.
• BRAINPAN
  The bones which inclose the brain; the skull; the cranium.
• RESEMBLER
  One who resembles.
• RESEMBLANCE
  1. The quality or state of resembling; likeness; similitude; similarity. One main end of poetry and painting is to please; they bear a great resemblance to each other. Dryden. 2. That which resembles, or is similar; a representation; a likeness.
• ADDLE-BRAIN; ADDLE-HEAD; ADDLE-PATE
  A foolish or dull-witted fellow.
• SICK-BRAINED
  Disordered in the brain.
• SHATTER-BRAINED; SHATTER-PATED
  Disordered or wandering in intellect; hence, heedless; wild. J. Goodman.
• CRACK-BRAINED
  Having an impaired intellect; whimsical; crazy. Pope.
• FAT-BRAINED
  Dull of apprehension.
• 'TWIXT-BRAIN
  The thalamen
• MADBRAINED
  Disordered in mind; hot-headed. Shak.
• SHALLOW-BRAINED
  Weak in intellect; foolish; empty-headed. South.
• COCK-BRAINED
  Giddy; rash. Milton.
• MIDBRAIN
  The middle segment of the brain; the mesencephalon. See Brain.
• SCATTER-BRAIN
  A giddy or thoughtless person; one incapable of concentration or attention.
• CLAY-BRAINED
  Stupid. Shak.
• LACKBRAIN
  One who is deficient in understanding; a witless person. Shak.
• HINDBRAIN
  The posterior of the three principal divisions of the brain, including the epencephalon and metencephalon. Sometimes restricted to the epencephalon only.