CHORIOALLANTOIS

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does chorioallantois mean? 

• CHORIOALLANTOIS (noun)
  The noun CHORIOALLANTOIS has 1 sense:

1. the very vascular fetal membrane composed of the fused chorion and adjacent wall of the allantois

  Familiarity information: CHORIOALLANTOIS used as a noun is very rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• CHORIOALLANTOIS (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

The very vascular fetal membrane composed of the fused chorion and adjacent wall of the allantois

Classified under:

Nouns denoting animals

Synonyms:

chorioallantoic membrane; chorioallantois

Hypernyms ("chorioallantois" is a kind of...):

membrane; tissue layer (a pliable sheet of tissue that covers or lines or connects the organs or cells of animals or plants)