Villus

Definition: Villus

Villus

Noun

1. A minute hairlike projection on mucous membrane.

Etymology: Villus \Vil"lus\, noun; plural Villi. [Latin expression, shaggy hair, tuft of hair.]. (Websters 1913)

Specialty Definitions: Villus

Domain	Definitions
Health	Cell found in the lining of the small intestine. (references)
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Crosswords: Villus

English words defined with "villus": chorionic, chorionic villus, chorionic villus biopsy, chorionic villus sampling ♦ Villi, Villosity. (references)

Specialty definitions using "villus": microvillus ♦ villus cell. (references)

Non-English Usage: "Villus" is also a word in the following language with English translations in parentheses.

Latin (nap of cloth, shaggy hair, tuft of hair, velvet).

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Commercial Usage: Villus

Domain	Title
Books	A Practical Guide to Chorion Villus Sampling (Oxford Medical Publications) (reference) Chorion Villus Sampling (reference) Chorionic Villus Sampling: Fetal Diagnosis of Genetic Diseases in the First Trimester (Clinical and Biochemical Analysis Series, Vol 21) (reference) (more book examples)
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Non-Fiction Usage: Villus

Subject	Topic	Quote
Health		These tests include amniocentesis, chorionic villus sampling (CVS), and percutaneous umbilical blood sampling (PUBS). (references)
		Prenatal diagnosis of familial NF1 or NF2 is also possible utilizing amniocentesis or chorionic villus sampling procedures. (references)
		There are two special prenatal tests that can be done--either an amniocentesis or chorionic villus biopsy will be performed. (references)
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Usage Frequency: Villus

"Villus" is generally used as a noun (singular) -- approximately 100.00% of the time. "Villus" is used about 58 times out of a sample of 100 million words spoken or written in English. Its rank is based on over 700,000 words used in the English language. Some parts-of-speech are not covered due to the samples used by the British National Corpus. (note: percents less than one-hundredth of one percent have been omitted)

Parts of Speech	Percent	Usage per 100 Million Words	Rank in English
Noun (singular)	100%	58	44,427

Source: compiled by the editor from several corpora; see credits.

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Expressions: Villus

Expressions using "villus": chorionic villus ♦ chorionic villus biopsy ♦ chorionic villus sampling ♦ villus cell. Additional references.
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Frequency of Internet Keywords: Villus

The following statistics estimate the number of searches per day across the major English-language search engines as identified by various trade publications. Hyperlinks lead to commercial use of the expression at Amazon.com.

Expression	Frequency per Day
chorionic villus sampling	40
chronic villus sampling	5
chorionic villus	4
villus	4
chorion villus sampling	4
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Modern Translations: Villus

Language		Translations for "villus"; alternative meanings/domain in parentheses.
Danish		villus chorii (chorionic villus), placentabiopsi (chorionic villus sampling). (various references)

Dutch		vlokkentest (chorionic villus sampling, puncturing the placenta), chorionvillusbiopsie (chorionic villus sampling), choriale vlokken (chorionic villus). (various references)

Finnish		korionnäytteen otto (chorionic villus sampling), korionbiopsia (chorionic villus sampling), istukkanäytteen otto (chorionic villus sampling), istukkabiopsia (chorionic villus sampling), istukan villus (chorionic villus), istukan nukkalisäke (chorionic villus). (various references)

French		villosité choriale (chorionic villus), prélèvement de villosités choriales (chorionic villus sampling), cellule villositaire (villus cell). (various references)

German		Zotte (rat's tail). (various references)

Greek		χνούδια, χνουσ (fluff, nap). (various references)

Italian		prelievo di villi coriali (chorionic villus sampling), cellula del villo (villus cell). (various references)

Pig Latin		illusvay

Spanish		vellosidad del corion (chorionic villus), muestra de vellosidades coriales (chorionic villus sampling). (various references)

Swedish		chorionvillus (chorionic villus). (various references)

Turkish		tüy (down, feather, fluff, hair, nap, pile, plume, quill), bağırsa içi kılsı çıkıntı, ülger. (various references)
Source: compiled by the editor from various translation references.

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Derivations: Villus

Derivations
	Words ending with "villus": microvillus, pulvillus. (additional references)
Source: compiled by the editor, based on several corpora (additional references).

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Rhyming with "Villus"

Words rhyming with "villus" (pronounced 'Vil"lus'): Asilus, Bacillus, Bolus, Callus, Clitellus, Cucullus, Dolus, Entellus, Gryllus, hilus, Hydrocaulus, Iulus, Julus, Nucellus, Ocellus, Palus, Paxillus, Peplus, Phacellus, Phallus, Prothallus, Pullus, Pulvillus, Scamillus, thallus, Verticillus, Vitellus, Zulus. (additional references)

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Anagrams: Villus

Scrabble® Enable2K-Verified Anagrams
	Words within the letters "i-l-l-s-u-v"
	-1 letter: vills.
	-2 letters: ills, luvs, sill, vill.
	-3 letters: ill, lis, luv, vis.
	-4 letters: is, li, si, us.
	Words containing the letters "i-l-l-s-u-v"
	+1 letter: villous.
	+2 letters: allusive, illusive, levulins, pluvials, visually, vitellus.
	+3 letters: alluvials, alluvions, alluviums, collusive, elusively, illuviums, pulvillus.
	+4 letters: allusively, colluviums, delusively, dullsville, illusively, surveilled, televisual, valvulitis, villainous, vitelluses.
	+5 letters: collusively, dullsvilles, exclusively, frivolously, impulsively, inclusively, microvillus, obliviously, prelusively, reclusively, repulsively, seclusively, surveillant, surveilling, universally, unloveliest, vaudevilles, victuallers.
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