endotheliochorial
English
[edit]Etymology
[edit]From endotheli(um) + -o- + chorial.
Adjective
[edit]endotheliochorial (not comparable)
- Of or relating to a kind of placentation where the chorionic villi are in contact with the endothelium of maternal blood vessels.
- 2004, “Placentation in species of phylogenetic importance: the Afrotheria”, in Animal Reproduction Science:
- Specialized hemophagous regions are a striking characteristic of some of these placentas yet absent in hyraxes, elephant shrews, and golden moles. It is possible that the common ancestor of the Afrotheria had an endotheliochorial placenta.