chorion
pronunciation
How to pronounce chorion in British English:
UK ['kɔ:rɪɒn]
How to pronounce chorion in American English:
US ['koʊrɪˌɒn]
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- Noun:
- outermost membranous sac enclosing the embryo in higher vertebrates (reptiles, birds and mammals)
Word Origin
- chorion (n.)
- "outer membrane of the fetus," 1540s, medical Latin, from Greek khorion "membrane enclosing the fetus, afterbirth," perhaps from PIE *ghere- "gut, entrail" (see yarn).
Example
- 1. Fetus or newborn affected by unspecified abnormality of chorion and amnion .
- 2. Progesterone protects fetal chorion and maternal decidua cells from calcium-induced death .
- 3. It also , when possible , noted whether fetuses were surrounded by their own chorionic membrane , or whether that chorion was shared .
- 4. Urge a sex gland to examine that result is 0.31 , hurriedly , but so far future person chorion menses ?
- 5. Fetus or newborn affected by other specified abnormalities of chorion and amnion .