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Blastomer

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blastomerenoun(biology) Any cell that results from division of a fertilized egg.
blastulenounAlternative form of blastula. [(embryology) An early form in the development of an embryo, consisting of a spherical layer of cells filled with fluid; a blastosphere.]
blastodiscnounAlternative form of blastodisk. [(biology) A round, flattened region of cells from which the embryo of many vertebrates begins to develop in the fertilized ovum; a germinal disk]
blastocytenoun(cytology, embryology) An undifferentiated cell in the blastula stage of an embryo.
blastulanoun(embryology) An early form in the development of an embryo, consisting of a spherical layer of cells filled with fluid; a blastosphere.
blastulationnoun(biology) The process of forming blastocoels and blastulas.
spermoblastnoun(archaic, biology) a spermatocyte
blastocystnoun(biology) The mammalian blastula.
morulanoun(embryology) A spherical mass of blastomeres that forms following the splitting of a zygote; it becomes the blastula
blastocoelenounAlternative spelling of blastocoel. [The fluid-filled cavity in a blastula.]
embryoblastnounA mass of cells at the embryonic pole of the blastocyst, that develops to form the embryo
holoblastnoun(biology) An ovum composed entirely of germinal matter.
blastemanoun(physiology) A clump of undifferentiated cells or blasts, from which an organ or body part will develop, either during the normal growth of an embryo or in the regeneration of a lost body part.
ooplastnounSynonym of oosphere.
blastospherenounA blastula
merocytenoun(biology) Any cell formed by division of a meroblastic ovum
germoplasmnounAlternative form of germ plasm. [(biology, dated or historical) The cytoplasm of germ cells.]
macromerenounA large blastomere.
nematoblastnoun(biology) A spermatocyte
meroblastnoun(biology) An ovum (egg) that has both germinal and nutritive parts

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