Choriambic

[Lat. choriambic us.] Belonging to IMG:content-0173.png:[graphic] a choriamb. Cho'ric, a. Consisting of, or pertaining to, a chorus; as, a choric ode. Chorillos, in Peru, a village and watering-place, 10 m. S. of Lima. It is much resorted to by the inhabitants of Lima. There are many ruins of Peruvian edifices. Cho'rion, n. [Gr., skin.] ( Anat . ) The external membrane which envelops the fat us in utero , between which and the amnion there is a gelatinous fluid. Its interior surface is smooth, but externally it is shaggy and vascular. ( Bot .) The external membrane of the seeds of plants.