See Also: chorion frondosum(medicine)
chorion(medicine)
Chorion(health)
chorion(dictionary)
chorion laeve(medicine)
previllous chorion(medicine)
primitive chorion(medicine)
shaggy chorion(medicine)
smooth chorion(medicine)

formidable (oh) and chorion frondosum (medicine)


formidable (oh)



[Date: 1300-1400; Language: Latin; Origin: formidabilis, from formido 'fear']
very powerful or impressive, and often frightening
::The building is grey, formidable, not at all picturesque.
::The new range of Computers have formidable processing power.
difficult to deal with and needing a lot of effort or skill
formidable task/challenge
::the formidable task of local government reorganization
-- formidably adv

chorion frondosum (medicine)


chorion frondosum


The part of the chorion where the villi persist, forming the foetal part of the placenta.

Synonym: shaggy chorion.