— embryotrophic /em'bree euh trof"ik, -troh"fik/ , adj. — embryotrophy /em'bree o"treuh fee/ , n.
/em"bree euh trof', -trawf'/ , n. Embryol.
the nutrient material, composed chiefly of secretions from the uterine glands, degenerating uterine tissue, and substances in the maternal blood, that nourishes a mammalian embryo prior to the formation of the placenta. Cf. hemotroph .
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