villus
IPA: vˈɪɫʌs
noun
- (biology) A small projection from a membrane, particularly those found in the mucous membranes of the intestines.
- (botany) One of the fine soft hairs on fruits, flowers, and other parts of plants.
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Examples of "villus" in Sentences
- This trisomy is confined to the chorionic villus stroma.
- He realizes that the baby has flattened intestinal villus.
- The mature enterocytes at the tip of the villus are the cells that are most susceptible to IR
- In the northeast, lowland grasslands, locally known as villus, are associated with the floodplains of the river systems.
- Sometimes it's an earlier test called CVS, or chorionic villus sampling, which collects a bit of tissue from the placenta.
- Cells are collected either by amniocentesis or chorionic villus sampling, and scientists test the fetal DNA in those cells.
- In the center of the villus is another vessel, with thinner and more transparent walls, which is the commencement of a lacteal.
- Prenatal diagnostic procedures: amniocentesis, chorionic villus sampling (CVS), fetal blood sampling and fetal skin/muscle biopsy
- During a pregnancy, the fetus could be tested for the mutation with standard prenatal testing (chorionic villus sampling or amniocentesis).
- The clinical standard for diagnosis of CD is a small intestinal biopsy showing villus atrophy and resolution of symptoms on a gluten free diet.
- Isada NB, Parr DP, Johnson MP, Straus SE, Holzgreve W, Qureshi F, Evans MI: In utero diagnosis of congenital varicella-zoster virus (VZV) infection by chorionic villus sampling (CVS) using polymerase chain reaction (PCR).
- The defect, which occurs in one in 700 births, is usually diagnosed during the second trimester with amniocentesis or chorionic villus sampling, which require extraction and testing of fetal genetic material from the placenta.
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