Trophic ulcer
trophic ulcer n.
An ulcer due to impaired nutrition of the part.
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adjective 1. adorned with trophies.
- Trophimus
a foster-child, an Ephesian who accompanied Paul during a part of his third missionary journey (Acts 20:4; 21:29). He was with Paul in Jerusalem, and the Jews, supposing that the apostle had brought him with him into the temple, raised a tumult which resulted in Paul’s imprisonment. (See TEMPLE, HEROD’S ØT0003611.) In writing to Timothy, […]
- Tropho-
1. a combining form meaning “nourishment,” used in the formation of compound words: trophosome. combining form 1. indicating nourishment or nutrition: trophozoite tropho- or troph- pref. Nutrition; nutritive: trophoblast.
- Trophoblast
noun, Embryology. 1. the layer of extraembryonic ectoderm that chiefly nourishes the embryo or develops into fetal membranes with nutritive functions. noun 1. the outer layer of cells of the embryo of placental mammals, which is attached to the uterus wall and absorbs nourishment from the uterine fluids trophoblast tro·pho·blast (trō’fə-blāst’) n. The outermost layer […]
- Trophoblastic lacuna
trophoblastic lacuna n. One of the spaces in the chorion that becomes an intervillous space after the chorionic villi are formed.