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Definition of: chorion
(kôr′ē·on, kō′rē-) noun
1. Anat. The external protective and nutritive membrane that invests the fetus of the higher vertebrates and attaches it to the uterus.
2. Entomol. The outer case of an insect egg. [<Gk. chorion]
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