Synonyms/Hypernyms (Ordered by Estimated Frequency) of noun trophoblast

1 sense of trophoblast

Sense 1
trophoblast -- (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")
       => membrane, tissue layer -- (a pliable sheet of tissue that covers or lines or connects the organs or cells of animals or plants)