COLOBOMA CHOROIDEAE
\kˌɒləbˈə͡ʊmə kˈɔːɹɔ͡ɪdˌiː], \kˌɒləbˈəʊmə kˈɔːɹɔɪdˌiː], \k_ˌɒ_l_ə_b_ˈəʊ_m_ə k_ˈɔː_ɹ_ɔɪ_d_ˌiː]\
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A defect of development in the choroid, usually involving its entire thickness, and accompanied by a coloboma of the iris and ciliary body also, though it may exist alone. It may exist in any part of the choroid, though it is generally in the line of the fetal fissure.
By Smith Ely Jelliffe
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