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WordReference Random House Unabridged Dictionary of American English © 2024e•pib•o•ly (i pib′ə lē),USA pronunciation n., pl. -lies. [Embryol.]- Developmental Biologythe movement and spreading out of cells into sheets of tissue that overlie or surround other groups of cells, esp. as in the formation of certain gastrulas.
- Greek epibolé̄ a throwing on, equivalent. to epi- epi- + bol- (variant stem of bállein to throw) + -ē noun, nominal suffix
- 1870–75;
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