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Webster 1913 Edition


Villous

Vil′lous

,
Adj.
[L.
villosus
: cf. F.
villeux
. Cf.
Velvet
.]
1.
Abounding in, or covered with, fine hairs, or a woolly substance; shaggy with soft hairs; nappy.
2.
(Anat.)
Furnished or clothed with villi.

Webster 1828 Edition


Villous

VIL'LOUS

,
Adj.
[l. villosus, from villus, hair, Eng. wool.]
1.
Abounding with fine hairs or wooly substance; nappy shaggy; rough; as a villous coat.
The villous coat of the stomach and intentines is the inner mucous membrane, so called from the innumerable villi or fine fibrils with which its internal surface is covered.
2.
In botany, pubescent; covered with soft hairs.

Definition 2024


villous

villous

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Adjective

villous (comparative more villous, superlative most villous)

  1. hairy, covered with soft long hair
  2. (biology) Covered with villi
    Giardia causes villous blunting.

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