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villous

villous

1 9.8
Having many soft, long hairs like a fuzzy surface
  • adjective
  • /ˈvɪləs/
  • Specialized
translation icon : velloso
  • The villous texture of the fabric makes it soft and pleasant to touch.
  • villous atrophy

Examples

  • Concurrently, villous angiogenesis leads to increased umbilical artery blood flow from the fetus to the fetal side of the placenta.

    Blog text (3)

  • Some healthy relatives might have had villous atrophy long before the present family study took place.

    Academic text (1991)

  • The placental villous explant model was employed as previously described.

    Academic text (2018)

  • —but I am not going to indulge in paranoia about "gluten getting in my eyes" from mascara and causing me villous atrophy.

    Blog text (17)

  • The mucosal findings from small-bowel biopsy specimens were divided into four groups: normal, mild changes, severe partial villous atrophy with crypt hyperplasia, and flat mucosa.

    Academic text (1991)

  • Dermatitis herpetiformis was found on skin biopsy (typical IgA deposits in clinically healthy skin) in one subject, and two more relatives were found to have villous atrophy.

    Academic text (1991)

  • The effects of early pregnancy malaria parasitaemia could be seen on both uterine and umbilical artery blood flow, indicating alterations in placentation and villous angiogenesis, respectively.

    Blog text (3)

  • The small bowel showed increased eosinophils, plasma cells, and lymphocytes in the lamina propria with some blunting of the villous architecture without an increase in intraepithelial lymphocytes.

    Academic text (2007)

  • The villous surface of the plant leaves helps capture moisture from the air.

  • When examining the tissue sample, the doctor noted the villous projections indicating healthy growth.

Synonyms

papillomatous
vsvillous
  • Specialized
9.9

Having many small bumps that look like nipples

shows soft long hair like or fine projections rather than nipple shapes

Antonyms

bald
280 1.0

Having little or no hair on the head

smooth
256 1.0

A surface that is even and not rough

How Hairy

shaggy
22 3.2
hairy
134 1.0
villous
  • Specialized
1 9.8
pubescent
  • Specialized
7.7
smooth
256 1.0

Surface Forms

villous positive

Morphology

villous = villus (semi-transparent) = villus + ous

Formed by the regular adjective suffix '-ous' on the noun 'villus', but 'villus' is a specialized anatomical term that many learners will not know.

Etymology

Villous comes from the Latin villus, which means 'soft hair' or 'tuft'. Think of villi, the tiny finger-like parts you learn about in biology, because villous describes something 'covered with soft hairs or tiny projections', so it means 'fuzzy' or 'hairy' on a small surface.