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滋养

zī yǎng

2-character word Traditional 滋養

What 滋养 means

1. to nourish

The characters in 滋养

• 滋zīto grow; to nourish; to increase
• 养yǎngto raise (animals); to bring up (children); to keep (pets)

Example sentences

• 胎盘的角色是滋养胎儿。
  Tāipán de juésè shì zīyǎng tāi'ér.
  The role of the placenta is to nourish the foetus.

Words starting with 滋养

• 滋养层zī yǎng céngtrophoblastic layer (attaches fertilized ovum to the uterus); trophoderm