cho·ri·o·al·lan·to·is (kôr

ē-ō

ə-lăn

tō-ĭs, kōr

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n.The highly vascular fetal membrane that consists of the fused chorion and allantois, found adjacent to the eggshell in reptiles and birds and constituting the placenta in most mammals.
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