embryotroph

American  

[em-bree-uh-trof, -trawf] / ˈɛm bri əˌtrɒf, -ˌtrɔf /

noun

Embryology.

1. 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.

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Other Word Forms

• embryotrophic adjective
• embryotrophy noun

Etymology

Origin of embryotroph

From French; embryo-, hemotroph