villosity

American  

[vi-los-i-tee] / vɪˈlɒs ɪ ti /

noun

villosities plural

1. a villous surface or coating.

2. a number of villi together.

3. a villus.

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villosity British  

/ vɪˈlɒsɪtɪ /

noun

1. the state of being villous

2. a villous coating or surface

3. a villus or a collection of villi

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Other Word Forms

Noun Inflected Forms

• villosities
  plural

Etymology

Origin of villosity

First recorded in 1770–80; villose + -ity

Example Sentences

See Examples For:

villosity villosities

Dryness seems generally to favour the hairyness or villosity of plants.

From The Variation of Animals and Plants Under Domestication, Volume II (of 2) by Darwin, Charles

Dryness seems generally to favour the hairiness or villosity of plants.

From The Variation of Animals and Plants under Domestication — Volume 2 by Darwin, Charles

It may come one day to be recognized that the number of legs, or the villosity of the skin, are reasons insufficient for abandoning a sensitive being to the caprice of a tormentor.

From Voices for the Speechless by Firth, Abraham

An egg fecundated and fixed in this way may keep its position and grow during the first weeks of pregnancy, by the aid of villosities covering its envelope which penetrate the wall of the womb.

From The Sexual Question A Scientific, psychological, hygienic and sociological study by Forel, Auguste