chorionic villus

NOUN
16 LETTERS · STARTS WITH C

chorionic villus is a valid 16-letter word worth 25 points in Scrabble and 31 points in Words with Friends.

SCRABBLE WORDS WITH FRIENDS
C3H4O1R1I1O1N1I1C3V4I1L1L1U1S1
3 + 4 + 1 + 1 + 1 + 1 + 1 + 1 + 3 + 0 + 4 + 1 + 1 + 1 + 1 + 1 =25 PTS
DOUBLE WORD → 50TRIPLE WORD → 75
MEANING

What does chorionic villus mean?

NOUN · 1 SENSE
1

One of the tiny villi that stick out of the fetal chorion and combine with the mother's uterine tissue to form the placenta.

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