blastosphere

American  

[blas-tuh-sfeer] / ˈblæs təˌsfɪər /

noun

Embryology.

1. a blastula, especially a blastocyst.

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blastosphere British  

/ ˈblæstəʊˌsfɪə /

noun

1. another name for blastula

2. another name for blastocyst

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Etymology

Origin of blastosphere

blasto- + -sphere

Example Sentences

If we compare this with the typical blastosphere of the lower type, we see that it is, as it were, flattened out on the yolk.

From Text Book of Biology, Part 1: Vertebrata by Wells, H. G. (Herbert George)

The segmentation is complete; one side of the hollow blastosphere invaginates and forms a gastrula.

From Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 5, Slice 7 "Cerargyrite" to "Charing Cross" by Various

There is no open invagination of an archenteron in the fowl, as in the frog--, the gastrula, like the blastosphere, stage is also masked.

From Text Book of Biology, Part 1: Vertebrata by Wells, H. G. (Herbert George)

The central part of the blastosphere is called the segmentation cavity or blastocoel.

From Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 9, Slice 3 "Electrostatics" to "Engis" by Various

This is the blastosphere, shown diagrammatically in Figure 4, and of which an internal view, rather truer to the facts of the case as regards shape, is given as Figure 5.

From Text Book of Biology, Part 1: Vertebrata by Wells, H. G. (Herbert George)