germinal disk
Americannoun
Etymology
Origin of germinal disk
First recorded in 1875–80
Example Sentences
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Germinal area or germinal disk of the rabbit, with sole-shaped embryonic shield, magnified about ten times.
From The Evolution of Man — Volume 1 by Haeckel, Ernst Heinrich Philipp August
In the mammals, as well as in the latter, the flat, leaf-shaped germinal disk separates from the yelk-sac, and its edges join together and form tubes.
From The Evolution of Man — Volume 1 by Haeckel, Ernst Heinrich Philipp August
At this spot we have the most brisk cleavage of the cells; hence the cells are more numerous and smaller here than in the fore-half of the germinal disk.
From The Evolution of Man — Volume 1 by Haeckel, Ernst Heinrich Philipp August
First is formed a lens-shaped circular germinal disk.
From The Evolution of Man — Volume 1 by Haeckel, Ernst Heinrich Philipp August
There is a brisk multiplication of these at the edge of the germinal disk, especially in the neighbourhood of the sickle-shaped primitive mouth.
From The Evolution of Man — Volume 1 by Haeckel, Ernst Heinrich Philipp August
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