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CHORIONIC

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 I. (adjective) 

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Meaning:

Of or relating to a chorion

Example:

a chorionic villus is a minute vascular projection on the fetal chorion

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Relational adjectives (pertainyms)

Pertainym:

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

Derivation:

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

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Any physiologic process that results in modulated activity of any of the placental hormones, including choriogonadotropic hormone, chorionic somatomammotropin hormone, inhibin, estrogen and progesterone.

(Placental Hormone Activity Alteration, NCI Thesaurus)

A gestational trophoblastic disorder characterized by the presence of an abnormal fetus and two populations of chorionic villi: one population which is unremarkable and a second one which shows hydropic changes.

(Partial Hydatidiform Mole, NCI Thesaurus)

Serum human chorionic gonadotropin is elevated.

(Ovarian Choriocarcinoma, NCI Thesaurus)

This junctional zone extends at the edge of the placenta to the amino-chorionic membranes where the chorionic laeve trophoblast has intimate contact with decidua tissue.

(Intermediate Type Trophoblastic Cell, NCI Thesaurus)

A malignant germ cell tumor which metastasizes widely and produces high levels of human chorionic gonadotropin.

(Malignant Trophoblastic Teratoma, NCI Thesaurus)

A gestational trophoblastic disorder in which there is no embryo or normal placental tissue and the chorionic villi are hydropic.

(Complete Hydatidiform Mole, NCI Thesaurus)

The extraction of placenta tissue containing the chorionic villi from the maternal uterus in early pregnancy to screen for fetal genetic defects.

(Chorionic Villus Sampling, NCI Thesaurus)

Also called choriocarcinoma, chorioepithelioma, and chorionic carcinoma.

(Chorioblastoma, NCI Dictionary)

Also called chorioblastoma, chorioepithelioma, and chorionic carcinoma.

(Choriocarcinoma, NCI Dictionary)

An invasive ductal breast carcinoma, not otherwise specified, characterized by increased levels of human beta-chorionic gonadotropin in the serum.

(Breast Carcinoma with Choriocarcinomatous Features, NCI Thesaurus)