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cytotrophoblast /cy·to·tro·pho·blast/ (-tro´fo-blast) the cellular (inner) layer of the trophoblast.cytotrophoblas´tic

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The inner layer of the trophoblast.

cytotrophoblast

[sī′tōtrof′əblast′]

Etymology: Gk, kytos + trophe, nutrition, blastos, germ

the inner layer of cells of the trophoblast of the early mammalian embryo that gives rise to the outer surface and villi of the chorion. Also called Langhans' layer. Compare syncytiotrophoblast. cytotrophoblastic, adj.

cytotrophoblast [si″to-trof´o-blast]

the cellular (inner) layer of the trophoblast.

cytotrophoblast

the cellular (inner) layer of the trophoblast.

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