- intervillous lacuna
- one of the blood spaces of the placenta in which the fetal villi are found; called also trophoblastic l.
Medical dictionary. 2011.
intervillous lacuna
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Lacuna — A small pit, cavity, defect or gap. * * * 1. [TA] A small space, cavity, or depression. 2. A gap or defect. 3. An abnormal space between strata or between the cellular elements of the epidermis. 4. SYN: corneal space. [L. a pit, dim. of lacus, a… … Medical dictionary
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