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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

  1. (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: