See Also: flossification(medicine)
Herbal medicine (botanical medicine, herbology, phytomedicine)(health)
Villi(medicine)
Villi(health)
villi synoviales(medicine)
chorionic villi(medicine)
synovial villi(medicine)
pleural villi(medicine)
villi peritoneales(medicine)
peritoneal villi(medicine)

villi intestinales (medicine) and flossification (medicine)


villi intestinales (medicine)


villi intestinales
<pathology> Microscopic finger-like projections (0.5 to 1.5 mm in length) off of the mucosal lining of the small intestine which are responsible for absorption of nutrients. The villi greatly increase the effective absorptive surface area of the small intestine.


flossification (medicine)


flossification


A flowering; florification.

Origin: Cf. Florification.

Source: Websters Dictionary