CHORION


Meaning of CHORION in English

transcription, транскрипция: [ ˈkȯr-ē-ˌän ]

noun

Etymology: New Latin, from Greek, afterbirth

Date: 1545

: the highly vascular outer embryonic membrane of reptiles, birds, and mammals that in placental mammals is associated with the allantois in the formation of the placenta

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