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