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chorion

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Noun — In higher animals, the membrane that joins an unborn baby to the womb and feeds and protects it.

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Etymology

Came from Late Latin chorion, from Ancient Greek χόριον (khórion, “membrane surrounding the fetus, afterbirth”).

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