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villus

DEFINITIONS OF: villus

1

n a minute hairlike projection on mucous membrane

Types:
chorionic villus
one of the tiny villi that stick out of the fetal chorion and combine with the mother's uterine tissue to form the placenta
Type of:
appendage, outgrowth, process
a natural prolongation or projection from a part of an organism either animal or plant
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