choroido-used as combining form of choroid in mod.Latin terms, as choˌroido-iˈritis, inflammation of the choroid and the iris; choˌroido-retiˈnitis, inflammation of the choroid and the retina.1869G. Lawson Dis. Eye 139 It is, however, generally succeeded by a low form of choroido-iritis or choroido⁓retinitis.1879St. George's Hosp.Rep. IX. 532, 2 cases of choroido-retinitis.1908Practitioner Apr. 542 Syphilitic choroido-retinitis.1964S. Duke-Elder Parsons' Dis. Eye (ed. 14) xviii. 253 Toxoplasmosis, a protozoan infection derived mainly from rodents and birds, affects both the retina and choroid to form a choroido-retinitis.
choroido-/kəˈrɔɪdəʊ/combining form of choroid: see -o-.