Usually means: Finger-like projections, increase absorption.
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We found 16 dictionaries that define the word microvillus:

General (10 matching dictionaries)
  1. microvillus: Merriam-Webster
  2. microvillus: Oxford Learner's Dictionaries
  3. microvillus: American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language
  4. microvillus: Collins English Dictionary
  5. microvillus: Wiktionary
  6. microvillus: Webster's New World College Dictionary, 4th Ed.
  7. microvillus: Infoplease Dictionary
  8. microvillus: Dictionary.com
  9. Microvillus: Wikipedia, the Free Encyclopedia
  10. microvillus: TheFreeDictionary.com

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  1. microvillus: Encyclopedia

Medicine (5 matching dictionaries)
  1. microvillus: Merriam-Webster Medical Dictionary
  2. Dorland's Illustrated Medical Dictionary (No longer online)
  3. online medical dictionary (No longer online)
  4. Hepatitis C Information Central (No longer online)
  5. microvillus: Medical dictionary

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Definitions from Wiktionary (microvillus)

▸ noun:  Any of many fingerlike extensions on the surfaces of many cells, consisting of the proteins actin, fimbrin, and villin.

Similar:
vacuolin, microfilament, villikinin, mucin, endomucin, vimentin, myoneme, tubulovesicle, fimbrillin, vinculin, more...

Opposite:
macrovillus, megavillus

Phrases:
microvillus inclusion disease, more...

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Similar:
vacuolin, microfilament, villikinin, mucin, endomucin, vimentin, myoneme, tubulovesicle, fimbrillin, vinculin, more...

Opposite:
macrovillus, megavillus

Phrases:
microvillus inclusion disease, more...



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