CHOROID VEIN

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does choroid vein mean? 

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

1. either of two veins serving the choroid coat of the eye

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

 Dictionary entry details 

• CHOROID VEIN (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

Either of two veins serving the choroid coat of the eye

Classified under:

Nouns denoting body parts

Synonyms:

choroid vein; vena choroidea

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

vein; vena; venous blood vessel (a blood vessel that carries blood from the capillaries toward the heart)

 Context examples 

The group of blood vessels within the interior of the brain carrying deoxygenated blood including the vena corporis striati and the choroid vein that unite to form the vena magna Galeni.

(Deep Intracranial Venous System, NCI Thesaurus)