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Chorion   Listen
noun
Chorion  n.  
1.
(Anat.)
(a)
The outer membrane which invests the fetus in the womb; also, the similar membrane investing many ova at certain stages of development.
(b)
The true skin, or cutis.
2.
(Bot.) The outer membrane of seeds of plants.





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"Chorion" Quotes from Famous Books



... born in due season, or what we call chordi (that is to say those lambs which are born late and have remained beyond their season in the belly of the dam, the name chordi, being derived from [Greek: chorion] the Greek name for the membrane which is called the after birth), care must be taken to clean them and set them gently on their feet and to prevent ...
— Roman Farm Management - The Treatises Of Cato And Varro • Marcus Porcius Cato


Words linked to "Chorion" :   chorionic, mammal, amniote


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