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Blastula

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blastospherenounA blastula
blastodermic vesiclenounearly stage of an embryo produced by cleavage of an ovum; a liquid-filled sphere whose wall is composed of a single layer of cells; during this stage (about eight days after fertilization) implantation in the wall of the uterus occurs

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blastospherenounA blastula
blastodermic vesiclenounearly stage of an embryo produced by cleavage of an ovum; a liquid-filled sphere whose wall is composed of a single layer of cells; during this stage (about eight days after fertilization) implantation in the wall of the uterus occurs
whitefishnounAny of several North American freshwater fish, of the genus Coregonus, used as food.
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.]
archiblastulanoun(biology) A hollow blastula, purported to be the primitive form.
blastocystnoun(biology) The mammalian blastula.
morulanoun(embryology) A spherical mass of blastomeres that forms following the splitting of a zygote; it becomes the blastula
coeloblastulanounA hollow blastula formed from blastomeres.
blastocytenoun(cytology, embryology) An undifferentiated cell in the blastula stage of an embryo.
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]
blastocoelnounThe fluid-filled cavity in a blastula.
epiblastnoun(biology, embryology) The outer layer of a blastula that, after gastrulation, becomes the ectoderm.
embryoblastnounA mass of cells at the embryonic pole of the blastocyst, that develops to form the embryo
blastomernounAlternative form of blastomere. [(biology) Any cell that results from division of a fertilized egg.]
stereoblastulanounA blastula without a clear central cavity.
diblastulanounAn embryonal sac having two cell layers, ectoderm and entoderm.
bastocystnounMisspelling of blastocyst. [(biology) The mammalian blastula.]
discoblastulanounA discoid blastula formed by cleavage of a meroblastic egg
planulanoun(zoology) The larva of a hydrozoan, which is free-swimming and covered in cilia.
protostomanoun(zoology) In nematodes, a particular division of the stoma (mouthlike opening).

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