Villous

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The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 4th Edition
  • adj. Biology Of, relating to, resembling, or covered with villi.
  • adj. Botany Covered with soft, shaggy unmatted hairs.
    • Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License
  • adj. hairy, covered with soft long hair
  • adj. Covered with villi
    • the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English
  • adj. Abounding in, or covered with, fine hairs, or a woolly substance; shaggy with soft hairs; nappy.
  • adj. Furnished or clothed with villi.
    • The Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia
  • Having villi; abounding in villiform processes; covered with fine hairs or woolly substance; nappy; shaggy; finely hirsute or hispid: as, a villous membrane.
  • In botany, pubescent with long and soft hairs which are not interwoven
    • Word Usage
    "Using term villous cytotrophoblast preparations, Aris and colleagues found that high levels of vitamins C (50 and 100 µM) and E (20 and 50 µM) affect placental function and immunity in standard culture conditions, as reflected by a decreased secretion of hCG and an increased production of TNF-alpha in a dose-dependent manner"
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    villous cancer   
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    Words with the same meaning
    nappy    hairy    shaggy   
     
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