mesoblast

American  

[mez-uh-blast, mes-, mee-zuh-, -suh-] / ˈmɛz əˌblæst, ˈmɛs-, ˈmi zə-, -sə- /

noun

Embryology.

1. the mesoderm.

2. the primordial middle layer of a young embryo before the segregation of the germ layers, capable of becoming the mesoderm.

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mesoblast British  

/ ˈmɛsəʊˌblæst /

noun

1. another name for mesoderm

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Other Word Forms

• mesoblastic adjective

Etymology

Origin of mesoblast

First recorded in 1855–60; meso- + -blast

Example Sentences

It is due to an arrest of development, whereby the closure of the primary medullary groove and the ingrowth of the mesoblast to form the spines and laminæ fail to take place.

From Manual of Surgery Volume Second: Extremities—Head—Neck. Sixth Edition. by Miles, Alexander

Larger vessels and the heart are burrowed, as it were, out of masses of mesoblast cells.

From Text Book of Biology, Part 1: Vertebrata by Wells, H. G. (Herbert George)

A suffix or terminal formative, used principally in biological terms, and signifying growth, formation; as, bioblast, epiblast, mesoblast, etc.

From Webster's Unabridged Dictionary (2nd 100 Pages) by Webster, Noah

They increase with great rapidity, the inner sac or mesoblast becoming sometimes so crowded with them, that its shape is affected by the protrusion of their angles.

From The Atlantic Monthly, Volume 10, No. 61, November, 1862 by Various

This process goes on till all the cells are so filled by the mesoblast, with its myriad brood of cells, that the outer sac or ectoblast becomes a mere halo around it.

From The Atlantic Monthly, Volume 10, No. 61, November, 1862 by Various