choroido-
used as combining form of choroid in mod.Latin terms, as choˌroido-iˈritis, inflammation of the choroid and the iris; choˌroido-retiˈnitis, inflammation of the choroid and the retina.
| 1869 G. Lawson Dis. Eye 139 It is, however, generally succeeded by a low form of choroido-iritis or choroido⁓retinitis. 1879 St. George's Hosp. Rep. IX. 532, 2 cases of choroido-retinitis. 1908 Practitioner Apr. 542 Syphilitic choroido-retinitis. 1964 S. Duke-Elder Parsons' Dis. Eye (ed. 14) xviii. 253 Toxoplasmosis, a protozoan infection derived mainly from rodents and birds, affects both the retina and choroid to form a choroido-retinitis. |