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mi•cro•vil•lus
Pronunciation: (mī"krō-vil'us), [key]—
n.,
—pl. -vil•liPronunciation: (-vil'ī). [key]
Cell Biol.
any of the small, fingerlike projections of the surface of an epithelial cell. See diag. under
cell. Random House Unabridged Dictionary, Copyright © 1997, by Random House, Inc., on Infoplease.