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Villous blunting
Villous comes from the Old Norse word "villous" meaning "shaggy hair," and the Greek word "osus" meaning "characterized by." Blunting comes from the Old Norse word "blundra" meaning "dull." Put them all together and you have "characterized by dull shaggy hair."
When the villi have become dull or less defined. Villi are more than one villus. In general, a villus is a tiny, thin, fingerlike structure with a blood supply that sticks out from the surface. Villi are located in different areas of the body. Most commonly, villi is used to describe the many tiny, fingerlike structures that stick out and are located in groups over the entire mucous surface (a type of thin sheet of tissue) of the small intestine. The intestine is a tube shaped structure that is part of the digestive tract. The small intestine is a part of the intestine that takes in all of the nutrients (healthy substances) that the body needs.
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