Short form or prefix relating to the chorion, a membrane surrounding a developing fetus.
From Greek khoros 'membrane' (of uncertain origin, possibly 'skin' or 'envelope'). Used as a combining form in medical terminology.
The chorion is the outermost fetal membrane, and doctors use 'chorio-' as shorthand for describing any condition involving it—kind of like how 'cardio' means heart.
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