VILLUS


Meaning of VILLUS in English

transcription, транскрипция: [ ˈvi-ləs ]

noun

( plural vil·li ˈvi-ˌlī, -(ˌ)lē)

Etymology: New Latin, from Latin, tuft of shaggy hair — more at velvet

Date: 1728

: a small slender often vascular process: as

a. : one of the minute finger-shaped processes of the mucous membrane of the small intestine that serve in the absorption of nutriment

b. : one of the branching processes of the surface of the chorion of the developing embryo of most mammals that help to form the placenta

Merriam-Webster's Collegiate English vocabulary.      Энциклопедический словарь английского языка Merriam Webster.