blasto- /blas-tō-/ (biology, esp embryology)

Denoting sprout, bud, germ

blasˈtocoel or blasˈtocoele /-sēl/ noun

The cavity inside a blastula

blasˈtocyst noun

The blastula in mammals

blasˈtoderm noun (Gr derma skin; embryology)

The layer or layers of cells arising from the germinal disc, or the portion of a partially segmenting egg which undergoes division

blastogenesis /-jenˈ/ noun

1. Transmission of hereditary characteristics by the germ-plasm
2. Reproduction by budding

blastogenˈic adjective

Relating to the germ-plasm

blastˈoid adjective and noun

Blastoidˈea plural noun

(Gr eidos form) a group of bud-like calcareous fossil echinoderms

• harden off
• hardens
• harden the neck
• harder
• hardest
• hardface
• hard-faced
• hardfaces
• hard facts
• hard-favoured
• hard-favouredness
• hard-featured
• hard-featuredness
• hard feelings
• hard-fern
• hard-ferns
• hard-fisted
• hard-fought
• hard going
• hard-got
• hard-gotten
• hard-grained
• hardgrass
• hardgrasses
• hardhack