villose (vilos)

Same as villous. Bailey. villosity (vi-los'i-ti), n.; pl. villosities (-tiz). [= F. villosité, The villosities may also be peopled with numerous ba Sanitarian, XVI. 529. cill i. 2. In bot., the state of being villous, or covered with long, soft hairs; such hairs collectively. villotte (vi-lot'), n. Same as villanella. villous (vil'us), a. [= F. villeux = It. villoso, testine, of a conical, cylindric, clubbed, an arteriole M or filiform shape, consisting e entially of a lacteal ve el as a central axis, with and a veinlet, inclosed in a layer of epithelium, with the basement membrane and muscular ti ue of the mucous membrane, and cellular or reticular ti ue. The villi occur chiefly in the the small intestine, and especially in the upper part of that tube; there are estimated to be several millions in man; they Two Villi of the Small Intestine, magnified about fifty diameters. a, lymphatic ti ue of the villus; b, its columnar epithelium, three de tached cells of which are seen at 62: c, the artery, and d, the vein, with their connecting capillary network radicle, which occupies the center of enveloping and hiding e, the lacteal the villus and opens into a network of lacteal ve els at its base. collectively constitute the beginnings of the absorbent or lacteal ve els of the intestine. See also cut under lym phatic. (b) One of the little vascular tufts or proce es of the shaggy chorion of an ovum or embryo, in later stages of development entering into the formation of the fetal part of the placenta. See cut under uterus. (c) Some villiform part or proce of various animals. See cut under hydranth.-2. In bot., one of the long, straight, and soft hairs which sometimes cover the fruit, flowers, and other parts of plants. Arachnoidal the Pac chi on i an bodies or glands. - Intestinal villi. See def. 1.