chorionic villus (n)

n01473188

type n
lex_filenum 05
def one of the tiny villi that stick out of the fetal chorion and combine with the mother's uterine tissue to form the placenta
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Hypernym villus
Part holonym chorion
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Part meronym chorion
Hyponym villus

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