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hypoblast
[ hahy-puh-blast ]
noun
, Embryology.
- the endoderm.
- the cells entering into the inner layer of a young gastrula, capable of becoming endoderm and, to a certain extent, mesoderm.
hypoblast
/ ˈhaɪpəˌblæst /
noun
- Also calledendoblast embryol the inner layer of an embryo at an early stage of development that becomes the endoderm at gastrulation
- a less common name for endoderm
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Derived Forms
- ˌhypoˈblastic, adjective
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Other Words From
- hypo·blastic adjective
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Word History and Origins
Origin of hypoblast1
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Example Sentences
To form the hypoblast a certain number of the cells of the lower layer begin to undergo remarkable changes.
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It occurs by a direct conversion, cell for cell, of the white yolk spheres into hypoblast cells.
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The growth of the hypoblast takes place in a very different way.
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I have already spoken of the gradation of the hypoblast at the edge of the blastoderm into white yolk.
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The mesoblast cells are in contact with both hypoblast and epiblast, and appear to be fused with the latter.
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