Skip to definition.
Get the FREE one-click dictionary software for Windows or the iPhone/iPad and Android apps


Noun: trophoblast  'trow-fu,blãst or 'tró-fu,blãst
  1. The membrane that forms the wall of the blastocyst in early development; aids implantation in the uterine wall
    "after implantation of the blastocyst in the uterine wall the trophoblast divides into two layers, the chorion and the placenta"

Derived forms: trophoblasts

Type of: membrane, tissue layer

Part of: blastosphere, blastula

Encyclopedia: Trophoblast

Nearest

troops
troopship
Tropaeolaceae
Tropaeolum
Tropaeolum majus
Tropaeolum minus
Tropaeolum peregrinum
trope
trophic
trophobiosis
trophoblast
trophoblastic
trophoblastic cancer
trophotropic
trophotropism
trophozoite
trophy
trophy case
trophy wife
tropic
tropic bird