Trophoblast Definition

trōfə-blăst
noun
A layer of nutritive ectoderm outside the blastoderm, by which the fertilized ovum is attached to the uterine wall and the developing embryo receives its nourishment.
Webster's New World

Other Word Forms of Trophoblast

Noun

Singular:
trophoblast
Plural:
trophoblasts

Origin of Trophoblast

  • tropho- +"Ž -blast

    From Wiktionary

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