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epiblast
[ ep-uh-blast ]
/ ˈɛp əˌblæst /
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noun Embryology.
the primordial outer layer of a young embryo before the segregation of the germ layers, capable of becoming the ectoderm and containing cells capable of becoming the mesoderm and endoderm.
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epiblast
/ (ˈɛpɪˌblæst) /
noun
embryol the outermost layer of an embryo, which becomes the ectoderm at gastrulationAlso called: ectoblast
Derived forms of epiblast
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