different between villous vs villus

English

Alternative forms

• villose

Etymology

From Latin villus (“shaggy hair”).

Adjective

villous (comparative more villous, superlative most villous)

1. Hairy, covered with soft long hair.
2. (biology) Covered with villi.

   Giardia causes villous blunting.

Related terms

• villosity
• villus
• microvillus

Anagrams

• luvisol

English

Etymology

Borrowed from Latin villus

Pronunciation

• Rhymes: -?l?s

Noun

villus (plural villi)

1. (biology) A small projection from a membrane, particularly those found in the mucous membranes of the intestines.
2. (botany) One of the fine soft hairs on fruits, flowers, and other parts of plants.

Related terms

• villous
• macrovillus
• microvillus

Translations

Latin

Etymology

Dialectal variant of vellus (“fleece”).

Noun

villus m (genitive vill?); second declension

1. hair, tuft of hair, shaggy hair

Declension

Second-declension noun.

Derived terms

• vill?sus
• vill?tus (Late Latin)

Descendants

• ? English: villus
• Italian: villo, vello
• Spanish: vello

References

• villus in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• villus in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
• villus in Charles du Fresne du Cange’s Glossarium Mediæ et Infimæ Latinitatis (augmented edition, 1883–1887)
• villus in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré Latin-Français, Hachette