Medical term:
microvillus
microvillus
[mi″kro-vil´us]a minute process or protrusion from the free surface of a cell, found especially in the proximal convolution of renal tubules and the intestinal epithelium. See illustration.
Microvilli in the intestinal tract. From Applegate, 1992.
Miller-Keane Encyclopedia and Dictionary of Medicine, Nursing, and Allied Health, Seventh Edition. © 2003 by Saunders, an imprint of Elsevier, Inc. All rights reserved.
mi·cro·vil·lus
, pl.mi·cro·vil·li
(mī-krō-vil'ŭs, -vil'ī),One of the minute projections of cell membranes greatly increasing surface area; microvilli form the striated or brush borders of certain cells.
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mi·cro·vil·lus
, gen. and pl. microvilli (mī'krō-vil'ŭs, -ī)One of the minute projections of cell membranes greatly increasing surface area; microvilli form the striated or brush borders of certain cells.
Medical Dictionary for the Health Professions and Nursing © Farlex 2012
microvillus
a minute finger-like process found in numbers projecting from the cell surface where, in epithelium, they form a brush border. Microvilli are found, for example, on the villi lining the small intestine.Collins Dictionary of Biology, 3rd ed. © W. G. Hale, V. A. Saunders, J. P. Margham 2005
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