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chorionicity

chorionicity noun: the chorionic status of multiple pregnancies: whether twins in utero share one chorion and placenta (monochorionic) or whether they each have their own (dichorionic).

Noun

chorionicity (uncountable)

  1. The chorionic status of multiple pregnancies: whether twins in utero share one chorion and placenta (monochorionic) or whether they each have their own (dichorionic).

Questions about chorionicity

What does chorionicity mean?
Chorionicity means the chorionic status of multiple pregnancies: whether twins in utero share one chorion and placenta (monochorionic) or whether they each have their own (dichorionic).
What part of speech is chorionicity?
Chorionicity is a noun.

Words near chorionicity in the dictionary

  1. chorionic
  2. chorionic gonadotropin
  3. chorionic gonadotropins
  4. chorionic villus sampling
  5. chorionic villus samplings
  6. chorionicity
  7. chorionitis
  8. chorionity
  9. chorions
  10. chorioplacental
  11. chorioptic

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