epiboly
[ih-pib-uh-lee]
- the movement and spreading out of cells into sheets of tissue that overlie or surround other groups of cells, especially as in the formation of certain gastrulas.
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Origin of epiboly
1870–75; < Greek epibolḗ a throwing on, equivalent to epi- epi- + bol- (variant stem of bállein to throw) + -ē noun suffix
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epiboly
- embryol a process that occurs during gastrulation in vertebrates, in which cells on one side of the blastula grow over and surround the remaining cells and yolk and eventually form the ectoderm
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Word Origin
C19: from Greek epibolē a laying on, from epiballein to throw on, from epi- + ballein to throw
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epiboly
(ĭ-pĭb′ə-lē)- The growth of a rapidly dividing group of cells around a more slowly dividing group of cells, as in the formation of a gastrula.
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