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cho′rion′ic vil′lus, [Embryol.]
  1. Developmental Biologyone of the branching outgrowths of the chorion that, together with maternal tissue, form the placenta.

'chorionic villus' also found in these entries (note: many are not synonyms or translations):
CVS - chorionic villus sampling

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