Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

villus

/ˈvɪləs/

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 1.60 in modern English

Syllables: vil-lus
IPA: /ˈvɪləs/

9

Scrabble Score

6

Letters

2

Syllables

5

Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

A small projection from a membrane, particularly those found in the mucous membranes of the intestines.

noun

One of the fine soft hairs on fruits, flowers, and other parts of plants.

Example Sentences

"where a villus comes next to a gland the short cubical cells of the gland may be traced into the columnar cells of the villus , the hyaline border becoming more marked"
"Studies of the viable blood cells with phase contrast microscopy showed peculiar cells that had numerous short villi and were arbitrarily called “hairy cells.”"

Etymology

Borrowed from Latin villus (“shaggy hair”).

Word Breakdown

Root: *h₂welh₁-

Subject

Wiktionary places this term in Medicine.

Inflected Forms

villi (plural)

Derived Forms

villoid

Phrases

chorionic villus sampling

Frequently Paired Words

extravillous intervillar intervillous intravillous macrovillus microvillus perivillous velour

Questions

How do you pronounce villus?: The recorded pronunciation is /ˈvɪləs/.
What does villus mean?: A small projection from a membrane, particularly those found in the mucous membranes of the intestines.
Where does villus come from?: Borrowed from Latin villus (“shaggy hair”).

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