A hemoendothelial placenta is a type of placenta in which the inner lining (endothelium) of the capillaries of the chorion (the membrane enclosing the fetus) comes in direct contact with the mother's blood.

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From the BioTech Dictionary at http://biotech.icmb.utexas.edu/. For further information see the BioTech homenode.

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