intestinal villus
n.
Any of the many projections of the mucous membrane of the intestine that serve as sites of absorption and that are leaf-shaped in the duodenum and become shorter, more finger-shaped, and sparser in the ileum.
Words nearby intestinal villus
intestinal flu,
intestinal fortitude,
intestinal gland,
intestinal lipodystrophy,
intestinal stasis,
intestinal villus,
intestine,
intestines,
inthral,
inthrone,
inti