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metadiscoidal

metadiscoidal adjective: having villi at first diffused throughout the whole surface of chorion, but later on become discoidal.

Adjective

metadiscoidal (not comparable)

  1. Having villi at first diffused throughout the whole surface of chorion, but later on become discoidal.
    • Humans and apes have metadiscoidal placenta

Origin of metadiscoidal

From meta- + discoidal.

Questions about metadiscoidal

What does metadiscoidal mean?
Metadiscoidal means having villi at first diffused throughout the whole surface of chorion, but later on become discoidal.
What part of speech is metadiscoidal?
Metadiscoidal is an adjective.

Words near metadiscoidal in the dictionary

  1. metadirectories
  2. metadirectory
  3. metadisciplinary
  4. metadiscipline
  5. metadisciplines
  6. metadiscoidal
  7. metadiscoursal
  8. metadiscourse
  9. metadiscourses
  10. metadiscursive
  11. metadiscussion

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