or chiefly Brit  hae*ma*cho*ri*al  adj, of a placenta  :  having the fetal epithelium bathed in maternal blood <the lower rodents, bats, some insectivores, and most primates including humans are >  .
 
 
 
Similar sounding terms:  ho·mo·chi·ral 
 
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