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em·boly (em′bə lē)

noun

Embryology the process by which cells move inward during gastrulation to form the archenteron

Etymology: < Gr embolē, insertion, lit., a putting in < emballein: see embolus

Webster's New World College Dictionary Copyright © 2009 by Wiley Publishing, Inc., Cleveland, Ohio.
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