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The protective and nutritive membrane in higher vertebrates that attaches the fetus to the uterus.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Topics: anatomy, biology, medicine, natural-sciences, sciences
Examples
- 2002, Rovert E. A. Stewart, Barbara E. Stewart, Female Reproductive Systems, entry in Encyclopedia of Marine Mammals, page 425, The allantois fuses with the chorion, forming a small round area, the allentochorion. This region becomes the placenta (Fig. 3).
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The outer case of an insect egg.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Topics: biology, entomology, natural-sciences
Examples
- 2008, John L. Capinera, Eggs of Insects, entry in John L. Capinera (editor), Encyclopedia of Entomology, page 1290, In addition to facilitating gas exchange and water conservation, the chorion must, in some cases, allow uptake of water or liquid nutrients from the environment.
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The outer membrane of seeds of plants.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Topics: biology, botany, natural-sciences
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the outermost membranous sac enclosing the embryo in higher vertebrates (reptiles, birds and mammals)
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
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Broader terms: sac
From Late Latin chorion, from Ancient Greek χόριον (khórion, “membrane surrounding the fetus, afterbirth”).
Across languages
Translations
20 source translations are retained for this English entry.
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Catalan:
cori
— one of the membranes surrounding a fetus
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Czech:
klkatá blána
— one of the membranes surrounding a fetus
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Czech:
chorion
— one of the membranes surrounding a fetus
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Finnish:
suonikalvo
— one of the membranes surrounding a fetus
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Finnish:
korion
— one of the membranes surrounding a fetus
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French:
chorion
— one of the membranes surrounding a fetus
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Galician:
corion
— one of the membranes surrounding a fetus
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German:
Zottenhaut
— one of the membranes surrounding a fetus
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German:
Chorion
— one of the membranes surrounding a fetus
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Ido:
koriono
— one of the membranes surrounding a fetus
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Indonesian:
korion
— one of the membranes surrounding a fetus
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Latin:
chorion
— one of the membranes surrounding a fetus
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Polish:
kosmówka
— one of the membranes surrounding a fetus
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Portuguese:
córion
— one of the membranes surrounding a fetus
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Portuguese:
cório
— one of the membranes surrounding a fetus
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Spanish:
corion
— one of the membranes surrounding a fetus
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French:
chorion
— outer case of an insect egg
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Galician:
teaz
— outer case of an insect egg
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French:
chorion
— outer membrane of seeds of plants
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Galician:
teaz
— outer membrane of seeds of plants
