villus en · NOUN
Pronunciation
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- /ˈvɪləs/
Etymology
Borrowed from Latin villus (“shaggy hair”).
Meanings
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A small projection from a membrane, particularly those found in the mucous membranes of the intestines.
where a villus comes next to a gland the short cubical cells of the gland may be traced into the columnar cells of the villus , the hyaline border becoming more marked
1880, Arthur Gamgee, A Text-book of the physiological chemistry […] :Studies of the viable blood cells with phase contrast microscopy showed peculiar cells that had numerous short villi and were arbitrarily called “hairy cells.”
1966 February 14, Robert Schrek, ““Hairy” Cells in Blood in Lymphoreticular Neoplastic Disease and “Flagellated” Cells of Normal Lymph Nodes”, in Blood, volume 27, number 2, page 199:
- One of the fine soft hairs on fruits, flowers, and other parts of plants.
Forms
| Spelling | Features | Labels | Source |
|---|---|---|---|
| villi | Number=Plur | lexicographic |
Deriveds
chorionic villus sampling · villoid
Relateds
intervillous · intravillous · intervillar · villous · velour · villiform · macrovillus · villitis · velvet · villar · extravillous · perivillous · villosity · villonodular · microvillus
Translations (23)
ar زَغْبَة (small projection from a membrane) · pt vilo (small projection from a membrane) · ms vilus (small projection from a membrane) · mi tīngoingoi (small projection from a membrane) · tr villus (small projection from a membrane) · sv villus (small projection from a membrane) · hu (intestinal) bélboholy (small projection from a membrane) · ar زُغابَة (small projection from a membrane) · hu bolyh (small projection from a membrane) · cmn 絨毛 /绒毛 (small projection from a membrane) · ko 융모 (small projection from a membrane) · kmr memîle (small projection from a membrane) · ga villeas (small projection from a membrane) · ms purasap (small projection from a membrane) · sk klk (small projection from a membrane) · hi अंकुर (small projection from a membrane) · pl kosmek (small projection from a membrane) · de Zotte (small projection from a membrane) · hu bélbolyh (small projection from a membrane) · hu boholy (small projection from a membrane) · fi nukkalisäke (small projection from a membrane) · he סִיס (small projection from a membrane) · cs klk (small projection from a membrane)