syncytiotrophoblast /syn·cyt·io·tro·pho·blast/ (sin-sit″e-o-tro´fo-blast) the outer syncytial layer of the trophoblast.syncytiotrophoblas´tic
syncytiotrophoblast
syncytiotrophoblast [sin-sit″e-o-trof´o-blast]
syn·cy·ti·o·tro·pho·blast (s n-ssh  - -tr f -bl st)n. The syncytial outer layer of the trophoblast. Also called syntrophoblast. |
syncytiotrophoblast
[sinsish′ē·ōtrof′əblast′]
Etymology: Gk, syn + kytos, cell, trophe, nutrition, blastos, germ
the outer syncytial layer of the trophoblast of an early mammalian embryo. It erodes the uterine wall during implantation and gives rise to the villi of the placenta. Also called plasmidotrophoblast, syncytial trophoblast, syntrophoblast. Compare cytotrophoblast. syncytiotrophoblastic, adj.
syncytiotrophoblast [sin-sit″e-o-trof´o-blast]
the outer syncytial layer of the trophoblast.
syncytiotrophoblast
the outer syncytial layer of the trophoblast.
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