blastema

[ bla-stee-muh ]

/ blæˈsti mə /

noun, plural blas·te·mas, blas·te·ma·ta [bla-stee-muh-tuh]. /blæˈsti mə tə/. Embryology.

an aggregation of cells in an early embryo, capable of differentiation into specialized tissue and organs.

Origin of blastema

1840–50; <New Latin <Greek blástēma (blastē- verbid stem of blasteîn to sprout + -ma noun suffix denoting result of action)

OTHER WORDS FROM blastema

blas·te·mal, blas·te·mat·ic

[blas-tuh-mat-ik], /ˌblæs təˈmæt ɪk/, blas·te·mic

[bla-stee-mik, -steem-ik], /blæˈsti mɪk, -ˈstim ɪk/, adjective

Words nearby blastema

blasphemous, blasphemy, blast, blast cell, blasted, blastema, blast furnace, blast-furnace cement, -blastic, blasting, blasting gelatin

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Example sentences from the Web for blastema

My first doubts of the blastema doctrine date from my researches on tubercle.
The World's Greatest Books - Volume 15 - Science|Various
The first stage corresponds to the process of organization, the gelatine representing the blastema, and the drop the nucleus.
The Mechanism of Life|Stphane Leduc

British Dictionary definitions for blastema

blastema

/ (blæˈstiːmə) /

noun plural -mas or -mata (-mətə)

a mass of undifferentiated animal cells that will develop into an organ or tissue: present at the site of regeneration of a lost part

Derived forms of blastema

blastemic (blæˈstiːmɪk, -ˈstɛm-), adjective

Word Origin for blastema

C19: from New Latin, from Greek: offspring, from blastos bud

Collins English Dictionary - Complete & Unabridged 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012

Medical definitions for blastema

blastema

[ blă-stē′mə ]

n.

The formative, undifferentiated material from which cells are formed.

A mass of embryonic cells from which an organ or a body part develops, either in normal development or in the regeneration of a lost body part.

Other words from blastema

blas•te′mal null null adj.

单词	blastema
释义	blastema [ bla-stee-muh ] / blæˈsti mə / noun, plural blas·te·mas, blas·te·ma·ta [bla-stee-muh-tuh]. /blæˈsti mə tə/. Embryology. an aggregation of cells in an early embryo, capable of differentiation into specialized tissue and organs. Origin of blastema 1840–50; <New Latin <Greek blástēma (blastē- verbid stem of blasteîn to sprout + -ma noun suffix denoting result of action) OTHER WORDS FROM blastema blas·te·mal, blas·te·mat·ic [blas-tuh-mat-ik], /ˌblæs təˈmæt ɪk/, blas·te·mic [bla-stee-mik, -steem-ik], /blæˈsti mɪk, -ˈstim ɪk/, adjective Words nearby blastema blasphemous, blasphemy, blast, blast cell, blasted, blastema, blast furnace, blast-furnace cement, -blastic, blasting, blasting gelatin Dictionary.com UnabridgedBased on the Random House Unabridged Dictionary, © Random House, Inc. 2020 Example sentences from the Web for blastema My first doubts of the blastema doctrine date from my researches on tubercle. The World's Greatest Books - Volume 15 - Science\|Various The first stage corresponds to the process of organization, the gelatine representing the blastema, and the drop the nucleus. The Mechanism of Life\|Stphane Leduc British Dictionary definitions for blastema blastema / (blæˈstiːmə) / noun plural -mas or -mata (-mətə) a mass of undifferentiated animal cells that will develop into an organ or tissue: present at the site of regeneration of a lost part Derived forms of blastema blastemic (blæˈstiːmɪk, -ˈstɛm-), adjective Word Origin for blastema C19: from New Latin, from Greek: offspring, from blastos bud Collins English Dictionary - Complete & Unabridged 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012 Medical definitions for blastema blastema [ blă-stē′mə ] n. The formative, undifferentiated material from which cells are formed. A mass of embryonic cells from which an organ or a body part develops, either in normal development or in the regeneration of a lost body part. Other words from blastema blas•te′mal null null adj. The American Heritage® Stedman's Medical Dictionary Copyright © 2002, 2001, 1995 by Houghton Mifflin Company. Published by Houghton Mifflin Company.
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