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embryonic disk

noun Embryology.

Also called embryonic shield. in the early embryo of mammals, the flattened inner cell mass that arises at the end of the blastocyst stage and from which the embryo begins to differentiate.
the blastodisk of yolky eggs.

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Nearby words

embryonal leukemia, embryonal rhabdomyosarcoma, embryonal tumor, embryonic, embryonic area, embryonic disk, embryonic membrane, embryonic shield, embryonic stem cell, embryonization, embryonoid

Origin of embryonic disk

First recorded in 1935–40
Dictionary.com Unabridged Based on the Random House Unabridged Dictionary, © Random House, Inc. 2019

Medicine definitions for embryonic shield (1 of 2)

embryonic shield

n.

embryonic disk

Medicine definitions for embryonic shield (2 of 2)

embryonic disk

n.

A platelike mass of cells in the blastocyst from which a mammalian embryo develops.embryonic shield
germinal disk
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