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blastema
[ bla-stee-muh ]
noun
- an aggregation of cells in an early embryo, capable of differentiation into specialized tissue and organs.
blastema
/ -ˈstɛm-; blæˈstiːmə; blæˈstiːmɪk /
noun
- a mass of undifferentiated animal cells that will develop into an organ or tissue: present at the site of regeneration of a lost part
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Derived Forms
- blastemic, adjective
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Other Words From
- blas·temal blas·te·mat·ic [blas-t, uh, -, mat, -ik], blas·te·mic [bla-, stee, -mik, -, steem, -ik], adjective
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Word History and Origins
Origin of blastema1
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Word History and Origins
Origin of blastema1
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Example Sentences
In animals, he says, the endogenous method is rare, and the customary origin is in an external blastema.
The first stage corresponds to the process of organization, the gelatine representing the blastema, and the drop the nucleus.
This mass of mesoblastic cells may be called the metanephric blastema.
He says the abnormal cell-forms present arise in some other way than by free cell-development out of an exuded blastema.
My first doubts of the blastema doctrine date from my researches on tubercle.
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