Definitions for chorions

chorions cho·ri·on

Spelling: [kawr-ee-on, kohr-]
IPA: /ˈkɔr iˌɒn, ˈkoʊr-/

Chorions is a 8 letter English word. It's valid Scrabble word worth 12 points. It's valid Words with friends word worth 13 points.

You can make 228 anagrams from letters in chorions (chinoors).

Definitions for chorions

noun

  1. Embryology. the outermost of the extraembryonic membranes of land vertebrates, contributing to the formation of the placenta in the placental mammals.
  2. Zoology. the membrane around the eggs of certain insects, secreted by cells of the ovary.

Origin of chorions

1535-45; New Latin Greek chórion membrane enclosing the fetus

Examples for chorions

The chorion is an outward skin which compasseth the child in the womb.

The decidua reflexa and serotina together envelop the chorion, the processes of which fit into crypts in them.

The chorion is often ornamented with various processes, etc.

From the whole surface of the chorion there project branched vascular processes, covered by an epithelium.

The former region becomes known as the chorion lve, and the latter as the chorion frondosum.

The chorion with its vascular processes surrounds the whole embryo.

This form of placenta occupies a broad zone of the chorion, leaving the two poles free.

The allantoic cavity persists (Owen), but the allantois only covers the placental area of the chorion.

In the Cheiroptera (Vespertilio and Pteropus), the yolk-sack is large, and coalesces with part of the chorion.

The blood-vessels of the chorion are derived from the usual allantoic arteries and vein.

Word Value for chorions
Scrable

12

Words with friends

13

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