LAMINA SUPRACHOROIDEA
\lˈamɪnə sˈʌpɹɐkˌɔːɹɔ͡ɪdˌi͡ə], \lˈamɪnə sˈʌpɹɐkˌɔːɹɔɪdˌiə], \l_ˈa_m_ɪ_n_ə s_ˈʌ_p_ɹ_ɐ_k_ˌɔː_ɹ_ɔɪ_d_ˌiə]\
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Syn.: l. fusca. The outermost layer of the choroid, consisting of very thin, delicate, and loose meshed areolar tissue mingled with pigment cells of irregular shape, either scattered or clustered together, and composing communicating lymph spaces.
By Smith Ely Jelliffe
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Idiopathic Hypercatabolic Hypoproteinemias
- series of gastrointestinal disorders which share in common excessive loss protein, mainly albumin, across gut wall. occur stomach (Menetrier disease), as well the small bowel (intestinal lymphangiectases, assorted inflammatory states). They are also occasionally associated with congestive heart failure (again a bowel protein loss).