Chorion

What do we mean by chorion?

The outer membrane enclosing the embryo in reptiles, birds, and mammals. In placental mammals it contributes to the development of the placenta. noun

In anatomy, the outermost fetal envelop; the external membrane which invests the embryo, forming in the higher vertebrates the outer layer of the bag of waters, and contributing to the formation of the placenta. noun

By analogy — The membrana putaminis or egg-pod of those eggs which have calcareous shells. noun

The external investment of the ovum of an insect, derived from the epithelial layer of the oviduct. noun

Same as corium. noun

In botany, the pulpy matter which fills the young ovule and is absorbed during development. noun

The outer membrane which invests the fetus in the womb; also, the similar membrane investing many ova at certain stages of development. noun

The true skin, or cutis. noun

The outer membrane of seeds of plants. noun

The protective and nutritive membrane in higher vertebrates that attaches the fetus to the uterus. noun

The outer case of an insect egg. noun

The outer membrane of seeds of plants. noun

The outermost membranous sac enclosing the embryo in higher vertebrates (reptiles, birds and mammals) noun

The protective and nutritive membrane in higher vertebrates that attaches the fetus to the uterus.

The outer case of an insect egg.

The outer membrane of seeds of plants.

Words that are spelled similarly to chorion:
chorion, chorio, achorion, chorio-.

Words that are triggered by (strongly associated with) the word chorion:
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Adjectives that are often used to describe chorion:
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Nouns that are often described by the adjective chorion:
frondosum, laeve, epithelioma, sampling, genes, biopsy, villi, proteins, cells, carcinoma, formation, type, amplification, membrane, surface, plate, epitheliomas, gene, families, hardening, layer, locus, samples, epithelium, protein, tissue, decidua, cluster, amnion, fuse, leave, leve, lave, layers, synthesis, tufts, iseve, increases, membranous, vascular, sample, mesoderm, receptor, vesicle, membranes, clusters, atrophies, morphogenesis, atrophy, cavity, trophoblasts, mrnas, capsularis, suspensions, ectoderm, cultures, deposition, rupture.

Consonant match to chorion:
chary in, cheery in, cherry in, chorea in.

Words that sound like chorion:
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