villus
noun
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Pronunciation: /ˈvɪləs/
noun
Etymology: Borrowed from Latin villus (“shaggy hair”).
- 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”
“Studies of the viable blood cells with phase contrast microscopy showed peculiar cells that had numerous short villi and were arbitrarily called “hairy cells.””
- One of the fine soft hairs on fruits, flowers, and other parts of plants.