Medical Dictionary

chorion frondosum

noun chorion fron·do·sum \-frən-ˈdō-səm\

Medical Definition of CHORION FRONDOSUM

:  the part of the chorion that has persistent villi and that with the decidua basalis forms the placenta—see chorionic villus sampling

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