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choroid(dictionary)
Choroid(medicine)
Choroid(health)
choroid branches(medicine)
choroid diseases(medicine)
choroid fissure(medicine)
choroid glomus(medicine)
choroid skein(medicine)

choroid glomus (medicine) and apricot (iou)


choroid glomus (medicine)


choroid glomus


A marked enlargement of the choroid plexus of the lateral ventricle at the junction of the central part with the inferior horn.

Synonym: glomus choroideum, choroid skein.


apricot (iou)



apricot noun. Orig. abrecock, apricock. M16.
[Portuguese albricoque or Spanish albaricoque from Hispano-Arab. al-bar&kdbelow;u&kdbelow;, from AL-2 + bar&kdbelow;u&kdbelow; from late Greek praikokion from Latin praecoquum noun, from neut. of var. of praecox early-ripe. Assim. to French abricot and perhaps infl. by Latin apricus ripe.]
The juicy stone-fruit of the tree Prunus armeniaca, of the rose family. M16.
Irish apricot: see IRISH adjective.
The tree itself, cultivated in the warmer temperate regions and orig. native to China. M16.
The pinkish-yellow colour of the ripe fruit. L19.
Comb.: apricot plum (the edible yellow stone-fruit of) a tree of the rose family, Prunus simonii, which is native to China and bears white blossom.