'Choroid plexus' definitions:
Definition of 'choroid plexus'
(from WordNet)
noun
A vascular plexus of the cerebral ventricles that regulate intraventricular pressure [syn: choroid plexus, plexus choroideus]
Definition of 'Choroid plexus'
From: GCIDE
- Choroid \Cho"roid\, a. [gr. ?; ? chorion + e'i^dos form.] (Anat.) resembling the chorion; as, the choroid plexuses of the ventricles of the brain, and the choroid coat of the eyeball. -- n. The choroid coat of the eye. See Eye. [1913 Webster]
- Choroid plexus (Anat.), one of the delicate fringelike processes, consisting almost entirely of blood vessels, which project into the ventricles of the brain. [1913 Webster]