endoblast

[en-duh-blast]

noun

Embryology.

1. endoderm.

2. hypoblast.

endoblast

/ ˈɛndəʊˌblæst /

noun

1. embryol a less common name for endoderm

2. another name for hypoblast

Other Word Forms

• endoblastic adjective

Word History and Origins

Origin of endoblast¹

First recorded in 1890–95; endo- + -blast

Example Sentences

The former is often also called the ectoblast, or epiblast, and the latter the endoblast, or hypoblast.

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