blastema
noun
an aggregation of cells in an early embryo, capable of differentiation into specialized tissue and organs.
The grammatical form denoting more than one person, place, thing, or idea.
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Loss of circular fibres led to a bifurcated anterior–posterior axis with fused heads forming in single anterior blastemas.
From Nature ā Nov. 21, 2017