blastema
Americannoun
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blastemas,
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blastemata
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noun
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Origin of blastema
1840–50; < New Latin < Greek blástēma ( blastē- verbid stem of blasteîn to sprout + -ma noun suffix denoting result of action)
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In salamanders, for example, similar cells gather into a structure called a blastema, which serves as a foundation for new tissue growth.
From Science Daily ● Jun. 17, 2026
Jellyfish, along with other cnidarians such as corals and sea anemones, exhibit high regeneration abilities, but how they form the critical blastema has remained a mystery until now.
From Science Daily ● Dec. 22, 2023
Regenerating functional tissue across species, including salamanders and insects, relies on the ability to form a blastema, a clump of undifferentiated cells that can repair damage and grow into the missing appendage.
From Science Daily ● Dec. 22, 2023
"Ultimately, understanding blastema formation mechanisms in regenerative animals, including jellyfish, may help us identify cellular and molecular components that improve our own regenerative abilities."
From Science Daily ● Dec. 22, 2023
Another school maintains that cells and tissues of all kinds may be formed, independently of pre-existing cells, from plastic lymph or blastema; and this it is thought is well exhibited in the repair of wounds.
From The Variation of Animals and Plants Under Domestication, Volume II (of 2) by Charles Darwin
Loss of circular fibres led to a bifurcated anterior–posterior axis with fused heads forming in single anterior blastemas.
From Nature ● Nov. 21, 2017
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