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English noun: chorion

1. chorion (animal) the outermost membranous sac enclosing the embryo in higher vertebrates (reptiles, birds and mammals)


Broader (hypernym)sac


Part holonymchorionic villus


Part meronymamniote, fetal membrane


Domain categorymammal, mammalian









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