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Chorion

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

📖 Definitions of "Chorion"

noun
  1. 1

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

  2. 2

    The outer case of an insect egg.

  3. 3

    The outer membrane of seeds of plants.

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