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Meaning of trophonema | Babel Free

Noun CEFR B2

Definitions

Any of several glandular villi of the uterus of viviparous sharks which supply nutrient to the embryos

Examples

The trophonema consists of 50–60 trophocytes that maintain contact with <1% of the oocyte surface and forms a circular, bowel-shaped depression on the luminal surface of the gastrodermis as they sink into the mesoglea with the oocyte.”

CEFR level

B2
Upper Intermediate
This word is part of the CEFR B2 vocabulary — upper intermediate level.
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