villosity

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villosity

[vĭ-los´ĭ-te]

1. condition of being covered with villi.

2. a villus.

vil·los·i·ty

(vi-los'i-tē),

Shagginess; an aggregation of villi.

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villosity

(vĭ-lŏs′ĭ-tē)

n. pl. villosi·ties

1. The condition of being villous.

2. A villous formation, surface, or coating.

3. A villus.

vil·los·i·ty

(vi-los'i-tē)

Shagginess; an aggregation of villi.

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Furthermore, there is also reduction in the height of the intestinal villosity caused by the neonatal administration of SSRI.

Neonatal administration of fluoxetine decreased final Sertoli cell number in Wistar rats/ Administracion neonatal de fluoxetina disminuye el numero final de celulas de Sertoli en ratas Wistar

[...] It may one day come to be recognized that the number of the legs, the villosity of the skin, or the termination of the os sacrum, are reasons equally insufficient for abandoning a sensitive being to the same fate.

Blurring boundaries between animal and human: animalhuman rights in "Juan Darien" by Horacio Quiroga

It may one day come to be recognized that the number of legs, the villosity of the skin, or the termination of the os sacrum, are reasons equally insufficient for abandoning a sensitive being to the same fate.