CHORIONIC VILLUS
Dictionary entry overview: What does chorionic villus mean? • CHORIONIC VILLUS (noun)
The noun CHORIONIC VILLUS has 1 sense:
1. one of the tiny villi that stick out of the fetal chorion and combine with the mother's uterine tissue to form the placenta
Familiarity information: CHORIONIC VILLUS used as a noun is very rare.
Dictionary entry details
• CHORIONIC VILLUS (noun)
Meaning:
One of the tiny villi that stick out of the fetal chorion and combine with the mother's uterine tissue to form the placenta
Classified under:
Nouns denoting animals
Hypernyms ("chorionic villus" is a kind of...):
villus (a minute hairlike projection on mucous membrane)
Holonyms ("chorionic villus" is a part of...):
chorion (outermost membranous sac enclosing the embryo in higher vertebrates (reptiles, birds and mammals))
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