See Also: Choroiditis(medicine)
Choroiditis(health)
anterior choroiditis(medicine)
suppurative choroiditis(medicine)
proliferative choroiditis(medicine)
posterior choroiditis(medicine)
multifocal choroiditis(medicine)
metastatic choroiditis(medicine)
Disseminated choroiditis(medicine)
exudative choroiditis(medicine)

pintle (iou) and Choroiditis (health)


pintle (iou)



pintle noun.
[Old English pintel dim. of a base repr. by Old Frisian, Low German, Dutch, German pint: see -LE1. Cf. CUCKOO-PINT.]
The penis. obsolete exc. dial. OE.
A pin, a bolt, esp. one on which some Other part turns, as the pivot of a hinge etc. L15.
Phrases: priest's pintle: see PRIEST noun.

Choroiditis (health)


An inflammation of the back of the eye involving the choroid and retina. It may be due to a number of different diseases, which affect the body such as toxoplasmosis, histoplasmosis, sarcoidosis, tuberculosis and syphilis.