See Also: chorion(medicine)
Chorion(health)
chorion(dictionary)
chorion frondosum(medicine)
chorion laeve(medicine)
previllous chorion(medicine)
primitive chorion(medicine)
shaggy chorion(medicine)
smooth chorion(medicine)

charcuterie (iou) and chorion (iou)


charcuterie (iou)



charcuterie noun. M19.
[French, from char (mod. chair) cuite cooked flesh: see -ERY.]
Cold cooked meats; a shop selling these; a (French) pork-butcher's shop.
charcutier noun a (French) pork-butcher; a person who prepares or sells charcuterie: L19.

chorion (iou)



chorion noun. M16.
[Greek khorion.]
1. Anatomy. The outermost membrane enveloping the foetus in mammals, birds, and reptiles. M16.
2. Entomology. The outer covering or shell of an insect's egg. M19.
Comb.: chorionepithelioma, pl. -mas, -mata , Medicine a carcinoma of maternal tissue, originating in the chorion.
chori'onic adjective of or pertaining to the chorion;
chorionic gonadotrophin, a hormone secreted during Pregnancy by the placenta which stimulates continued production of progesterone by the ovaries;
chorionic villus sampling, a procedure for obtaining information about a foetus in which a sample of tissue is taken from the villi of the chorion (abbreviation
CVS): L19.