Villus

Definitions

1. A small projection from a membrane, particularly those found in the mucous membranes of the intestines.
2. One of the fine soft hairs on fruits, flowers, and other parts of plants.

Equivalents

Examples

“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.””

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