blasto-


  1. a combining form meaning “bud, sprout,” “embryo,” “formative cells or cell layer,” used in the formation of compound words: blastosphere.

Origin of blasto-

1
<Greek, combining form of blastós a bud, sprout
  • Also especially before a vowel, blast- .

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British Dictionary definitions for blasto-

blasto-

combining form
  1. (in biology) indicating an embryo or bud or the process of budding: blastoderm

Origin of blasto-

1
from Greek blastos; see -blast

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