chorionic

English

Etymology

Etymology tree

Ancient Greek χόριον (khórion)bor.

Late Latin chorionbor.

English chorion

Proto-Indo-European *-kos

Proto-Indo-European *-ikos

Proto-Italic *-ikos

Latin -icuslbor.

Old French -iquebor.

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Latin -icusbor.

Middle English -ik

English -ic

English chorionic

From chorion + -ic.

Adjective

chorionic (not comparable)

1. Of or pertaining to the chorion.

Derived terms

• allantochorionic
• amniochorionic
• chorionic gonadotropin
• chorionicity
• chorionic villus sampling
• dichorionic
• exochorionic
• human chorionic gonadotropin
• human chorionic somatomammotrophin
• human chorionic somatomammotropin
• monochorionic
• multichorionic
• nonchorionic
• subchorionic
• trichorionic

Translations

of or pertaining to the chorion

• Italian: corionico (it)