Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

trophectoderm

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 0.00 in modern English

Syllables: tro-phec-to-derm
IPA

23

Scrabble Score

13

Letters

4

Syllables

9

Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

The ectoderm from which the trophoblast develops.

Example Sentences

"In addition to Na+, K+-ATPase (see above), the Na+-independent GLUT2 glucose cotransporter is localized on trophectoderm basolateral membranes (Aghayan et al., 1992)."
"The embryo is mostly derived from the descendants of the inner cell mass, whereas the external cells, the trophoblasts or trophectoderm, produce no embryonic structures (Gardner 1983; Hogan et al. 1994)."
"In some cases, the fusion of the trophectoderms of two early embryos by the interaction of their cells inside the same zona pellucida can explain the fact that the two embryos share certain extraembryonic tissues."

Etymology

From tropho- + ectoderm.

Word Breakdown

Prefix: tropho

Inflected Forms

trophectoderms (plural)

Derived Forms

transtrophectoderm trophectodermal

Questions

What does trophectoderm mean?: The ectoderm from which the trophoblast develops.
Where does trophectoderm come from?: From tropho- + ectoderm.

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