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CHORIONIC VILLI [1 record]

Record 1 2012-01-03

English

Subject field(s)
  • Embryology
DEF

One of the threadlike projections growing in tufts on the external surface of the chorion.

OBS

Plural: chorionic villi.

Key term(s)
  • chorionic villi

French

Domaine(s)
  • Embryologie
DEF

Évagination cylindrique du chorion ovulaire, située au contact direct avec le sang maternel, et représentant la partie essentielle du placenta.

Spanish

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