chorio-

Combining form denoting any membrane, but especially that enclosing the embryo, and later, fetus.

[G. chorion, membrane]

Medical Dictionary for the Health Professions and Nursing © Farlex 2012

chorio-

Combining form denoting CHORION or CHOROID.

Collins Dictionary of Medicine © Robert M. Youngson 2004, 2005

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