morula
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Origin of morula
1855–60; < New Latin, equivalent to Latin mōr ( um ) mulberry + -ula -ule
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At this stage of development, called the morula, there are 30-60 cells.
From Textbooks ● Jun. 9, 2022
Sometimes, Ramos can wait for the embryo to become a morula, which looks like a blackberry, or a blastula, which looks like a soccer ball, before transferring the embryo to the woman's uterus.
From Slate ● May 23, 2012
Next, within this morula some of the cells become condensed into one particular portion, leaving a space which contains fluid.
From Embryology The Beginnings of Life by Leighton, Gerald R.
Although the mass of the food-yelk may be very large in the ova of the discoblastic vertebrates, nevertheless in every case a blastula is developed from the morula, as in the holoblastic ova.
From The Evolution of Man — Volume 1 by Haeckel, Ernst Heinrich Philipp August
In the growth of this hooded gastrula we cannot sharply mark off the various stages which we distinguish successively in the bell-gastrula as morula and gastrula.
From The Evolution of Man — Volume 1 by Haeckel, Ernst Heinrich Philipp August
Near the end of my visit, our conversation turned from the theoretical consideration of morulas and blastulas to the specific realities of my own condition and treatment.
From Slate ● May 23, 2012
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