extraembryonic en · ADJ
Etymology
Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *h₁éǵʰs Proto-Indo-European *-teros Proto-Indo-European *h₁eǵʰsteros Proto-Italic *eksteros Latin exter Latin extrā English extra- English embryonic English extraembryonic From extra- + embryonic.
Meanings
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(not-comparable) Inside the womb, but outside the embryo.
Subsequent cell and tissue interactions lead to the functional differentiation of all embryonic and extraembryonic tissues.
1998, Julian Lombardi, Comparative Vertebrate Reproduction, Springer, →ISBN, page 237:The clockwise beating of cilia results in a net flow of extraembryonic fluid leftwards […]
2006, Manfred Schliwa, Molecular Motors, page 359: