chorion
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chorion
- /ˈkɔɹiɑn/
Where it comes from
From Late Latin chorion, from Ancient Greek χόριον (khórion, “membrane surrounding the fetus, afterbirth”).
noun chorions · choria
- The protective and nutritive membrane in higher vertebrates that attaches the fetus to the uterus. 2002, Rovert E. A. Stewart, Barbara E. Stewart, Female Reproductive Systems, entry in Encyclopedia of Marine Mammals, page 425, The allantois fuses with the chorion, forming a small round area, the allentochorion. This region becomes the placenta (Fig. 3).
- The outer case of an insect egg. The chorion has a predominantly lamellar structure, the lamellae being two-dimensional networks of protein fibrils.
- The outer membrane of seeds of plants.
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Talk about this word "chorion." Wiktionary, via Micwyn, micwyn.com/word/chorion. Accessed 6 Nov. 2026. chorion. (n.d.). In Wiktionary, via Micwyn. Retrieved November 6, 2026, from https://micwyn.com/word/chorion "chorion." Wiktionary, via Micwyn. Accessed November 6, 2026. https://micwyn.com/word/chorion.Cite this
@misc{chorion_2026,
title = {chorion},
howpublished = {Wiktionary, via Micwyn},
year = {2026},
url = {https://micwyn.com/word/chorion},
urldate = {2026-11-06}
}
