Definition of blastocyst in English:
blastocyst
nounˈblastə(ʊ)sɪstˈblastəˌsist
Embryology A mammalian blastula in which some differentiation of cells has occurred.
Example sentencesExamples
- The outer trophoblast cells of the released blastocyst begin to invade the epithelium, burrowing into the underlying endometrial stroma.
- You had mentioned that twins can develop when the inner cell mass splits in the blastocyst and forms two embryos enclosed in a common trophoblast.
- Many scientists believe blastocysts - stem cells taken from days-old embryos - have much greater potential.
- Adult stem cells were injected into a mouse blastocyst, an early embryonic stage of a mouse.
- The fundamental question concerns the nature of the blastocyst from which stem cells are derived.