villi
Britishnoun
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Having an extra-thick uterine lining, as is the case in humans, helps the female body keep at bay the tentacle-like villi of the invasive human placenta should pregnancy occur.
From Slate • Sep. 7, 2024
When villi are damaged, nutrients cannot properly enter the bloodstream.
From Textbooks • Jun. 9, 2022
The mucosal epithelium, primarily composed of absorptive cells, covers the villi.
From Textbooks • Jun. 19, 2013
Like the central nervous system, the heart also begins its development in the embryo as a tube-like structure, connected via capillaries to the chorionic villi.
From Textbooks • Jun. 19, 2013
The villi are slender, branched, filamentous processes which, springing from the floor of the bladder, float in the urine like seaweed.
From Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 4, Slice 1 "Bisharin" to "Bohea" by Various
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