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cytotrophoblast

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cytotrophoblast [¦sīd·ō′trō·fə‚blast]
(embryology)
The inner, cellular layer of a trophoblast, covering the chorion and the chorionic villi during the first half of pregnancy.


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Three-dimensional growth of extravillous cytotrophoblasts promotes differentiation and invasion.
[FIGURE 1 OMITTED] We therefore interpreted the epithelioid cells as cytotrophoblasts, syncytiotrophoblasts, intermediate trophoblasts, and decidual cells, respectively, and concluded that products of conception from an unrelated case contaminated the specimen from the esophageal biopsy.
 
 
 
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