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germinal disk

American  

noun

Embryology.
  1. blastodisk.


Etymology

Origin of germinal disk

First recorded in 1875–80

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First is formed a lens-shaped circular germinal disk.

From The Evolution of Man — Volume 1 by Haeckel, Ernst Heinrich Philipp August

The circular border of the germinal disk which connects the roof and floor of the segmentation-cavity corresponds to the border-zone at the equator of the amphibian ovum.

From The Evolution of Man — Volume 1 by Haeckel, Ernst Heinrich Philipp August

The tread, which thus becomes the germinal disk, now has the appearance of an eight-rayed star.

From The Evolution of Man — Volume 1 by Haeckel, Ernst Heinrich Philipp August

Oval germinal disk of the rabbit, magnified about ten times.

From The Evolution of Man — Volume 1 by Haeckel, Ernst Heinrich Philipp August

The germinal layers form a flat germinal disk, the borders of which join together and form closed tubes, separating from the central yelk-sac.

From The Evolution of Man — Volume 1 by Haeckel, Ernst Heinrich Philipp August

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