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villus


  2  definitions  found 
 
  From  Webster's  Revised  Unabridged  Dictionary  (1913)  [web1913]: 
 
  Villus  \Vil"lus\,  n.;  pl  {Villi}.  [L.,  shaggy  hair,  a  tuft  of 
  hair.] 
  1.  (Anat.)  One  of  the  minute  papillary  processes  on  certain 
  vascular  membranes;  a  villosity;  as  villi  cover  the 
  lining  of  the  small  intestines  of  many  animals  and  serve 
  to  increase  the  absorbing  surface. 
 
  2.  pl  (Bot.)  Fine  hairs  on  plants,  resembling  the  pile  of 
  velvet. 
 
  From  WordNet  r  1.6  [wn]: 
 
  villus 
  n  :  a  minute  hairlike  projection  on  mucous  membrane 




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