villus
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USAGE NOTE
The plural of "villus" is "villi."
villus(
vih
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luhs
)A noun is a word referring to a person, animal, place, thing, feeling, or idea (e.g., man, dog, house).
1. (anatomy)
a. la vellosidad (F)
(f) means that a noun is feminine. Spanish nouns have a gender, which is either feminine (like la mujer or la luna) or masculine (like el hombre or el sol).
Doctor Bell showed the residents images of the biopsy of the celiac patient, which showed damage to the villi.La Doctora Bell les enseñó a los internos las imágenes de la biopsia del paciente celíaco, que mostraban daño de las vellosidades.
b. el villus (M)
(m) means that a noun is masculine. Spanish nouns have a gender, which is either feminine (like la mujer or la luna) or masculine (like el hombre or el sol).
Can you identify the villi on this diagram of the small intestine?¿Puedes identificar los villi en este diagrama del intestino delgado?
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