mesoblast
Americannoun
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the mesoderm.
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the primordial middle layer of a young embryo before the segregation of the germ layers, capable of becoming the mesoderm.
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What the mesoblast of the Death's Head Moth may be, does not matter a rap in this story.
From The Stolen Bacillus and Other Incidents by H. G. (Herbert George) Wells
Epiblast is indicated by a line of dashes, mesoblast by dots, and hypoblast, dark or black.
From Text Book of Biology, Part 1: Vertebrata by H. G. (Herbert George) Wells
The mass of the body is thus evidently made of mesoblast.
From Text Book of Biology, Part 1: Vertebrata by H. G. (Herbert George) Wells
We have further to note that in the embryos of Metazoa at all advanced in organization, there arises between these two layers a third—the mesoblast.
From Essays: Scientific, Political, & Speculative, Vol. I by Herbert Spencer
A suffix or terminal formative, used principally in biological terms, and signifying growth, formation; as, bioblast, epiblast, mesoblast, etc.
From Webster's Unabridged Dictionary (2nd 100 Pages) by Noah Webster
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