extraembryonic

English

Etymology

From extra- +‎ embryonic.

Adjective

extraembryonic (not comparable)

1. (medicine) Inside the womb, but outside the embryo.
   • 1998, Julian Lombardi, Comparative Vertebrate Reproduction‎, Springer, →ISBN, page 237:

     Subsequent cell and tissue interactions lead to the functional differentiation of all embryonic and extraembryonic tissues.

   • 2006, Manfred Schliwa, Molecular Motors, page 359:

     The clockwise beating of cilia results in a net flow of extraembryonic fluid leftwards […]