trophonema

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Definition of trophonema

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noun

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

“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.”

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From tropho- + -nema (“filament”).

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