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==Overview==
'''Villus''' ([[Latin language|Latin]]: "shaggy hair"<ref name="tiscali">[http://www.tiscali.co.uk/reference/encyclopaedia/hutchinson/m0035419.html] Tiscali UK - Reference encyclopedia</ref>, plural '''villi''') can refer to:
* [[Intestinal villus]]. This is the most common meaning when not more precisely specified
* [[Chorionic villi]], found on the surface of the outermost membrane (the chorion) of the fetus
* [[Arachnoid villi]], located on the arachnoid membrane of the brain

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