Relating to or affecting the choroid layer of the eye.
From chorioid + -al (adjective suffix), derived from the Greek chorion meaning membrane.
When ophthalmologists diagnose 'chorioidal neovascularization,' they're describing a disease where abnormal blood vessels grow in the wrong layer of your eye—it's a major cause of vision loss in older adults!
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