trophoblast
noun
Key Types & categories Parts & wholes Related & opposite
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- adverb
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Sense 1 noun
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
Types & categories
- tissue layer hypernym
Parts & wholes
- blastula part holonym
Related & opposite
- trophoblastic derivation
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| Sense | Relation | Group | Word |
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| 1 | derivation | Related & opposite | trophoblastic |
| 1 | part holonym | Parts & wholes | blastula |
| 1 | hypernym | Types & categories | tissue layer |